Greek Reporter - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Meet Trump During Official US Visit By John Koutroumpis July 15, 2025

Greek Reporter 

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Meet Trump During Official US Visit

By  John Koutroumpis

July 15, 2025

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will visit Greece, credit ecumenical patriarchate

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Credit: Ecumenical Patriarchate

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is scheduled to visit the United States on September 15. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has published the full itinerary of the Patriarch’s visit.

According to the announcement, “His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne in the US, the reverend clergy, and the faithful Orthodox laity are preparing to joyfully welcome His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for an official visit this September.”

The visit follows the announcement that the John Templeton Foundation will award the prestigious 2025 Templeton Prize to His All-Holiness for “his pioneering efforts to bridge scientific and spiritual understanding of humanity’s relationship with the natural world, bringing together people of diverse religious traditions in common cause to protect creation.”

Key events and meeting between Donald Trump and Patriarch Bartholomew

Patriarch Bartholomew is expected to arrive on Monday, September 15, at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, DC. During his stay in the capital, he is scheduled to meet with US President Donald Trump, as well as members of Congress, the Senate, and diplomatic representatives—continuing the tradition of his previous visits. He will preside over a Doxology service at Saint Katherine Greek Orthodox Church in Falls Church, Virginia on Wednesday, September 17 and will travel to New York City, where a Doxology service will be held at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero on Thursday, September 18.

On Friday, September 19, the Patriarch will deliver the keynote address at the Council on Foreign Relations and meet with youth leaders from the Archdiocese of America in New York and New Jersey in the evening, followed by a formal dinner—the St. Nicholas Gala—in his honor at Casa Cipriani in Manhattan.

The next day, on Saturday, September 20, which marks World Coastal Cleanup Day, Patriarch Bartholomew will be honored as the “Green Patriarch” during a special environmental event at the Stony Brook University Marine Station in Southampton. He will then lead the annual Assembly of Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne in the US at the Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Southampton. A Great Vespers service and formal dinner will follow.

The Patriarch will preside over a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy alongside Archbishop Elpidophoros and members of the Eparchial Synod that Sunday. A reception will follow immediately after the service, and he will return to New York the next day to attend a reception in his honor. This will be hosted by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation and the National Council of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. In the afternoon, he will deliver a keynote address at the annual Concordia Summit, attended by prominent leaders from the business, political, and philanthropic communities. An official dinner hosted by the Libra Group family will follow.

On Tuesday, September 23 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, the Patriarch will meet with hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and presvyteres of the Archdiocese, followed by a luncheon hosted by Archbishop Elpidophoros in honor of the Templeton Foundation Board of Trustees. Later that day, he will visit Fordham University and its Orthodox Christian Studies Center. A Doxology will be held at St. George Church in New York City on Wednesday, September 24. There, the Patriarch will bless the faithful with ancestral roots in Constantinople, Imbros, and Tenedos, and he will formally receive the Templeton Prize in a private ceremony in New York that evening.

The official visit will conclude on Thursday, September 25, with a farewell luncheon hosted by Archbishop Elpidophoros in honor of Rabbi Arthur Schneier, founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation. The event, sponsored by Calamos Investments, will be held at Rockefeller Center.

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