Athenagoras I
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Accompanied by four of his Metropolitans, Athenagoras I, the spiritual primate of Orthodoxy, arrived by jet for the third of his historic, symbolic encounters with Pope Paul VI.
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Patriarch Alexei of Moscow sends observers to the Vatican Council, and Athenagoras I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, made no secret of his high regard for Pope John XXIII.
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Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople, "first among equals" of the Orthodox prelates, proposed the conference, but, following tradition, nei ther he nor the other major patriarchs were present.
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This moment, Your Holiness," said Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople, "is one of the most significant for mankind.
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Pope Paul VI is the 261st successor of St. Peter as Bishop of Rome; Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople is the 261st successor of St. Andrew, legendary founder of the church there.
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