Hillary Clinton on the Great and Holy Council
Hillary
Clinton released the following statement to honor and celebrate the
long-awaited bringing together of key Orthodox church leaders from
around the world who represent about 200 million Orthodox believers.
The Holy and Great Council last gathered more than a thousand years ago
and the meeting taking place this week in Greece is nearly 50 years in
the making:
“All people of faith should welcome the convening
of the first Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Christian Church in
over 1,200 years by His All-Holiness Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew. I have had the privilege of seeing Patriarch
Bartholomew’s spiritual leadership for myself, and am hopeful that the
Council will renew ties that have frayed through the centuries—because
we are stronger together.”
