Ecumenical Patriarch holds virtual environmental summit (Halki Summit)

Born in 1940, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was installed in 1991 as Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch; he holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches. The topic of Halki Summit IV is “COVID-19 and Climate Change: Living with and Learning from a Pandemic”; speakers include the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bill McKibben, and Jeffrey Sachs.