The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, right, greets Ione Hanson, left, during a Feb. 8 meeting of ELCA representatives in Istanbul. In the center is the Rev. Donald McCoid, executive, ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations.
Bishop Rob Hofstad, ELCA Southwestern Washington Synod, greets Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I during a meeting in Istanbul Feb. 8.
ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson, left, presents a 'Savior of the World' cross to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I during a Feb. 8 meeting in Istanbul.
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I presents a gift to Saundra McCoid, during a Feb. 8 meeting with an ELCA delegation of clergy and lay leaders in Istanbul.
ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson, left, listens as the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I speaks during a Feb. 8 meeting in Istanbul with ELCA clergy and lay leaders.
The Rev. Steven Loy, Las Cruces, N.M., ELCA Church Council memeber, greets Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Feb. 8 in Istanbul.
ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson, left, reads a prepared statement to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I during a Feb. 8 meeting in Istanbul with ELCA clergy and lay leaders.
The Rev. Don McCoid, left, executive, ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations, ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson, center, greet the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Feb. 8 in Istanbul.
ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson, left, greets the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Feb. 8 in Istanbul.
