First Orthodox meeting ever.Bethlehem/Jerusalem--For the first time in 2000 years all the Orthodox Patriarchs of the world--with the exception of the Syrian patriarch of Antioch Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title carried by the Bishop of Antioch. As the traditional "overseer" (επισκοπος, episkopos , whose government refused him an exit visa exit visa n → visado de salida exit visa n → visa m de sortie exit visa exit n → Ausreisevisum nt to Israel--came together for the celebration of Christmas on January 7, 2000. The fourteen patriarchs and other religious leaders left Jerusalem guarded by Palestinian police. They were accompanied by the presidents of Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania, Greece and ex-president Boris Yeltsin “Yeltsin” redirects here. For other uses, see Yeltsin (disambiguation). Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (IPA: [bʌˈrʲis nʲikoˈlajevɨtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn] representing Russia, thus continuing the Orthodox tradition of maintaining close relations with the state. After the celebration of the liturgy of Basil the Great Noun 1. Basil the Great - (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379) Basil of Caesarea, St. Basil, St. (330-379), patriarchs and political leaders attended a dinner hosted by Yasser Arafat. The day before, the Israelis had given a similar dinner at the residence of President Ezer Weizman. It was in Jerusalem on January 6 that the leaders of the autonomous Orthodox churches held their first pan-Orthodox meeting ever and issued a joint document. In Rome, meanwhile, the Pope declared that "in my thoughts I now turn to the Christian East, where my brothers in the faith live and proclaim the gospel.... To the Orthodox Churches and to the Eastern Catholic Churches
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