Browsing: Patriarch Daniil

Source: Peter Anderson, Seattle USA Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria has completed his first “Peace Visit” as a recently elected primate of a Local Orthodox Church.  It was a four-day (Dec. 25-28) visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate.  Before the visit, it was well-known that differences exist between Patriarch Daniil and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on important issues such as the status of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and the existence of primacy at the universal level.  There are no indications that these differences were resolved by the visit.  However, the dialogue and personal contacts that occurred resulted in a visit that…