Hungary to receive a surprising visitor in September

Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew I will pay a five-day visit to Hungary in September, at the invitation of the Pannonhalma Archabbey, the abbey said on Wednesday.

The patriarch’s visit will focus on ecumenical and inter-church dialogue as well as peace, the abbey said in a statement.

He will address as a keynote speaker the international ecumenical conference on peace in Pannonhalma, in north-western Hungary, on 22 September.

Bartholomew I will in Budapest meet politicians and representatives of public life and give a talk at ecumenical and inter-church conference hosted by Pázmány Péter University and the University of Public Service.

The patriarch visited Hungary last time in 2021 when he attended the International Eucharistic Congress.