(DIP) U.S. STATE SECRETARY HOSTS DINNER IN FENER PATRIARCH'S HONOR.WASHINGTON D.C., Nov 6, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The U.S. secretary of state hosted on Thursday a dinner in honor of the Fener Greek Orthodox Adj. 1. Greek Orthodox - of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Orthodox faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he patriarch. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosted the dinner in honor of Patriarch Bartholomew at the U.S. State A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and Department in Washington D.C. During the dinner, Clinton said that the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. was honored to support religious tolerance calls of Bartholomew both in Turkey and in the world. Clinton also said that it was one of the reasons why U.S. President Barack Obama and she was strongly stating the need for re-opening the Heybeliada seminary. The secretary said the United States would continue to voice that until the issue was handled. Clinton also referred to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the United States due on December 7, and expressed hope to work together with Turkey. Also speaking in the dinner, Bartholomew eulogized Clinton's initiatives for peace and compromise in the world, and her sensitivity about the patriarchate's mission and the difficulties it was facing when fulling the mission, and her respect to religious freedoms. Bartholomew said the patriarchate pa·tri·ar·chate n. 1. The territory, rule, or rank of a patriarch. 2. See patriarchy. patriarchate Noun the office, jurisdiction or residence of a patriarch Noun had over 1,000 years of experience in religious, cultural, ethnic and linguistic contacts between Islam and Christianity. The patriarchate had sponsored 12 international dialogue programs in Christian and Islam countries for 20 years and was supporting multilateral dialogue programs among religions, Bartholomew said. The patriarch said opening of the Heybeliada seminary was still an urgent issue for the patriarchate. The seminary would help offer new opportunities for interreligious efforts, Bartholomew also said. In 1971, parts of the Private University Law were ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Turkey; subsequently all private institutions of higher education either became part of the state universities or closed down. Heybeliada's Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. refused to have it become part of the University of Istanbul. Consequently, the seminary section of the Heybeliada school was closed down. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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