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He spoke in front of the St. Regis Hotel in the District, offering a blessing on the United States at the start of what is supposed to be a day visit.

He was also the guest at a dinner held by the Greek ambassador on Saturday evening. His doctor, out of an abundance of precaution, advised that he be taken to the George Washington University Hospital for observation.

Biden in the afternoon. Both events appear to have been scrapped, despite no official word from either the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, the White House or the State Department. Biden and the patriarch are expected to privately discuss the situation in Ukraine, where bishops in occupied Crimea have been replaced by clerics more friendly to Russian president Vladimir Putin, several observers said in the runup to the visit.

Bartholomew also is slated to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, during a visit to the Roman Catholic school. This is his first trip to the United States since , and comes after the patriarch marked the 30th anniversary of his election to the role. Manage Newsletters. Click here for reprint permission. For an ecumenical patriarch with primarily soft-power tools such as diplomacy at his disposal, the high profile of the U. Bartholomew is set to meet with Biden and other top U.

Bartholomew will also hold a ceremonial door-opening at St. Bartholomew will meet, too, with leaders of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and various other Orthodox leaders. A Pew Research Center report found that there were about million Eastern Orthodox worldwide.

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