Posted by George Patsourakos
on 10/1/2009, 4:04 pm
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from Fordham University on October 27, 2009.
A ceremony honoring the Patriarch will take place at the University Church on Fordham's Rose Hill campus in New York City.
Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, said "We are honored, of course, to receive the Ecumenical Patriarch here at Fordham. His All Holiness instructs us in ecumenism and tolerance, in stewardship of the Earth, and in fearless defense of faith."
The Ecumenical Patriarch will be visiting the United States between October 17 and November 5, beginning in Memphis, Tennessee, leading his Eighth International Environmental Symposium, this time addressing the needs of the Mississippi River.
His efforts in environmental awareness -- including the organizing of several environmental seminars -- have earned him the nickname the "Green Patriarch."
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians throughout the world, and has maintained a warm, friendly, and harmonious relationship with Pope Benedict XVI.
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