{"id":239090,"date":"2019-05-26T16:35:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T13:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=239090"},"modified":"2019-05-26T16:35:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T13:35:30","slug":"visit-of-the-archbishop-of-finland-to-halki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/visit-of-the-archbishop-of-finland-to-halki\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit of the Archbishop of Finland to Halki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and all Finland visited with his convoy the Theological School of Halki, Romfea News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romfea.news\/visit-of-the-archbishop-of-finland-to-halki\/\">reports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Archbishop was welcomed by the fathers of the Brotherhood of Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Halki.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the Archbishop of Helsinki took a guided tour of the seminary and the library, walked around the gardens, and dined at the Monastery\u2019s refectory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Halki Seminary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Halki seminary, formally the\u00a0Theological School of Halki was founded on 1 October 1844 on the island of Halki (Turkish:\u00a0Heybeliada), the second-largest of the\u00a0Princes\u2019 Islands\u00a0in the\u00a0Sea of Marmara.<\/p>\n<p>It was the main school of theology of the\u00a0Eastern Orthodox Church\u2019s\u00a0Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople\u00a0until the\u00a0Turkish\u00a0parliament enacted a law banning private higher education institutions in 1971.<\/p>\n<p>The theological school is located at the top of the island\u2019s Hill of Hope, on the site of the\u00a0Byzantine-era Monastery of the Holy Trinity.<\/p>\n<p>The premises of the school continue to be maintained by the monastery and are used to host conferences.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-239090 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='750x500' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Arhiepiscopul-Leo-al-Finlandei-la-Halki-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Arhiepiscopul-Leo-al-Finlandei-la-Halki-1-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='770x1155' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Arhiepiscopul-Leo-al-Finlandei-la-Halki-2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Arhiepiscopul-Leo-al-Finlandei-la-Halki-2-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='770x513' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Arhiepiscopul-Leo-al-Finlandei-la-Halki-3.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Arhiepiscopul-Leo-al-Finlandei-la-Halki-3-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photography courtesy of Romfea News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and all Finland visited with his convoy the Theological School of Halki, Romfea News reports. The Archbishop was welcomed by the fathers of the Brotherhood of Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Halki. 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