2010 Ecumenical Journey
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, seated at the head of the table to the right, hosted the ELCA delegation at a farewell luncehon Feb. 9 in Istanbul.
Mitzi Budde, a member of the 2010 ELCA Ecumenical Journey, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, with Orthodox Bishop Makarios of Lamsakos, Geneva, and Nikolaos Manginas, a journalist who works with the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Istanbul. All three attended a farewell luncheon for the ELCA delegation in Istanbul Feb. 9.
The St. Sophia Church, Istanbul, was a Christian Church, converted into a mosque hundreds of years ago. Today it is being restored and is a museum.
A restored mosaic in the famous St. Sophia Church, Istanbul.
A restored mosaic in the famous St. Sophia Church, Istanbul.
A restored mosaic in the famous St. Sophia Church, Istanbul. edit
A restored mosaic in the famous St. Sophia Church, Istanbul.
The famous Blue Mosque, Istanbul.
Dean Holger Milkau, right, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy, hosted the ELCA delegation at a dinner Feb. 10. With him are, left, ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson and the Rev. Donald McCoid, center, executive for ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations.
Just above the altar in the Lutheran Church of Christ, Rome, is a brightly colored mosaic of Jesus Christ.
ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson, left and Dean Holger Millkau, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy, met at the ELCI Church House in Rome Feb. 10
Dean Holger Milkau, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy, spoke to the ELCA delegation in Rome Feb. 10.
The Lutheran Church of Christ, Rome, is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy. The ELCA delegation participated in worship there Feb. 10.
The ELCA delegation visited the Community of Sant'Egidio, Rome, a Catholic ecumenical community with an international mission of prayer and service to people living in poverty. Claudio Mario Betti, a member of the community, explained its mission to the ELCA delegation.
Close-up of the mosaic at a historic Roman basilica, visited Feb. 11 by the ELCA delegation.
Claudio Mario Betti explains a mosaic that shows modern saints who dedicated their lives serving people in need. The mosaic is displayed at the Ecumenical Basilica St. Bartholomew on Tiber Island, Rome.
This is the altar area of a Roman basilica. Most of the art surrounding the altar is a mosaic.
The Community of Sant'Egidio, Rome, prays each evening in Santa Maria Trastevere, Rome.
During a visit to the Sant'Egidio Community, Rome, ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson, left, addressed remarks to the members, including Claudio Mario Betti, a lay member.
The Rev. Susan Langhauser, Olathe, Kan., and the Rev. Steven Loy, Las Cruces, N.M., both members of the ELCA Church Council, are part of the ELCA delegation in Rome.
The ELCA delegation visited the Basilica and Abbey of St. Paul Outside the Walls, where St. Paul is buried.
Mosaic above the altar at the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore, Rome.
Artwork in historic Roman basilicas is plentiful. Many are mosaics.
The ELCA delegation visited several Roman basilicas Feb. 11, and were led by a tour guide.
Statues of the apostles are displayed in many Roman basilicas. This is a statue of St. Peter.
Three members of the ELCA delegation with Bishop Brian Farrell, second from left, secretary, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity -- from left, Deborah Chenoweth, Hood River, Ore., ELCA Church Council; the Rev. Susan Langhauser, Olathe, Kan., ELCA Church Council; and Mitzi Budde, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, and Lutheran co-chair, Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee.
Cardinal Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran, president, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, left, listens as ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson speaks during the ELCA delegation's meeting with Tauran Feb. 12 in Rome.
Cardinal Walter Kasper, right, with Ione Hanson, left, during a break in the Feb. 12 meeting in Rome.
Cardinal Water Kasper, right, talks with Bishop Claire Burkat, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, during a break in the Feb. 12 meeting in Rome.
Bishop Rob Hofstad, ELCA Southweatern Washington Synod, makes a point in discussion with Cardinal Kasper Feb. 12 in Rome. Next to him is Bishop Claire Burkat, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod.
Bishop Callon Holloway, ELCA Southern Ohio Synod, addresses Cardinal Kasper Feb. 12 in Rome.
Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Vatican's chief ecumenical leader, and Bishop Michael Burk, ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod.
Mitzi Budde, right, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, addresses Cardinal Kasper Feb. 12 in Rome. Next to her is Bishop Callon Holloway, ELCA Southern Ohio Synod.
The Rev. Donald McCoid, executive, ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations, addresses Cardinal Kasper Feb. 12 in Rome.
Bishop Michael Burk, ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod, addresses Cardinal Kasper Feb. 12 in Rome.
Cardinal Walter Kasper, left, president, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, addresses ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson Feb. 12 in Rome.
This icon, a 1964 gift to Pope Paul VI from the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch, hangs in the offices of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Cardinal Kasper said the icon depicts the council's work.
Bishop Rob Hofstad, left, ELCA Southwestern Washington Synod visits with Bishop Claire Burkat, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, outside St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. The ELCA delegation toured the basilica Feb. 13.
Cardinal Giaovanni Re, right, prefect, Congregation for Bishops, The Vatican, addresses the ELCA delegation Feb. 13 in Rome. Immediately to Cardinal Re's right is Bishop Rob Hofstad, ELCA Southwestern Washington Synod.
Mitzi Budde, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, and Lutheran co-chair, Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee, at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, The Vatican, greets the Rev. Susan Langhauser, Olathe, Kan., ELCA Church Council member, and other members of the ELCA delegation Feb. 13 in Rome.
ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson, left, addresses Cardinal Giovanni Re, prefect of The Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, Feb. 13, in Rome. The two were joined by other members of the ELCA delegation.
Bishop Claire Burkat, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, asks a question during discussion Feb. 15 in Geneva.
Mitzi Budde, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, and Lutheran co-chair, Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee, takes notes during the Feb. 15 discussion in Geneva.
The Rev. Martin Junge, left, will become general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation later this year. With him is Deborah Chenoweth, Hood River, Ore., ELCA Church Council member.
The Rev. Susan Langhauser, left, Olathe, Kan., ELCA Church Council member, with the Rev. Ishmael Noko, LWF general secretary, Feb. 15, in Geneva.
Dr. Setri Nyomi, general secretary, World Alliance of Reformed Churches, met with the ELCA delegation Feb. 15 in Geneva.