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AECA Pilgrimage to Greece
            The annual AECA pilgrimage will take place in June 2016, jointly led by Bishop
            Jonathan Goodall (Anglican) and Fr Anastasios Salapatas (Orthodox),  and will
            visit the holy sites of  Greece. More details can  be found in  the advert at the
            back of this edition of Koinonia, and a full itinerary is available on request.

                             Visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch






























            His All-Holiness  Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew  paid  a  visit to  Lambeth
            Palace 2nd to 4th November 2015. This followed a visit by Archbishop Justin to
            the  Ecumenical  Patriarch  last  year.  The  Patriarch  delivered  number  of
            addresses at Lambeth Palace, St Mary’s University, Twickenham and the Oxford
            Union,  particularly  focusing  on  environmental  and  ecological  themes.  A
            highlight of  the visit  was Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey where  the
            Archbishop  and  Patriarch  prayed  together  at  the  Shrine  of  St  Edward
            Confessor,  and  jointly  blessed  the  congregation.  During  the  service  the
            Co-Chairs of the International Commission  for Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue
            presented the Archbishop and Patriarch with a copy of the most recent Agreed
            Statement,  entitled,  ‘In  the  Image  and  Likeness  of  God:  A  hope-filled


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