Patriarch Bartholomew received a representative of the US State Department at the Phanar

On October 11, 2022, at the Phanar Patriarch Bartholomew met with Erica Olson, Senior Officer of the US State Department in the Division of European and Eurasian Affairs.This is reported by ec-patr.org.

The report notes that the State Department employee and the head of the Phanar discussed issues «of mutual interest.»