Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, blesses the Mississippi River aboard the Steamboat Natchez in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Bartholomew I is in New Orleans to participate in a symposium addressing environmental challenges facing the river and the Louisiana coast. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, blesses the Mississippi River aboard the Steamboat Natchez in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Bartholomew I is in New Orleans to participate in a symposium addressing environmental challenges facing the river and the Louisiana coast.

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  1. The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Greek Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, stands behind the casket of late Serbian Patriarch Pavle on November 18, 2009 during a farewell ceremony at the Cathedral Church in Belgrade. The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church died on November 15 at the age of 95 in a Belgrade hospital. The patriarch had suffered poor health for several years and was frequently hospitalized. Pavle took over the leadership of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1990.
  2. The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Greek Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leans over the casket of late Serbian Patriarch Pavle on November 18, 2009 during a farewell ceremony at the Cathedral Church in Belgrade. The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church died on November 15 at the age of 95 in a Belgrade hospital. The patriarch had suffered poor health for several years and was frequently hospitalized. Pavle took over the leadership of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1990.
  3. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (L), leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, leads the memorial service for the late Patriarch Pavle as he lies in repose at the Saborna Church in Belgrade November 18, 2009. Pavle, who headed the Serbian Orthodox Church during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s as Serbs warred with neighbours of other faiths, died in Belgrade's Military Hospital on Sunday.
  4. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (2nd L), leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, leads the memorial service for the late Patriarch Pavle as he lies in repose at the Saborna Church in Belgrade November 18, 2009. Pavle, who headed the Serbian Orthodox Church during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s as Serbs warred with neighbours of other faiths, died in Belgrade's Military Hospital on Sunday.
  5. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (L), leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, leads the memorial service for the late Patriarch Pavle as he lies in repose at the Saborna Church in Belgrade November 18, 2009. Pavle, who headed the Serbian Orthodox Church during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s as Serbs warred with neighbours of other faiths, died in Belgrade's Military Hospital on Sunday.
  6. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church kisses the hand of the late Patriarch Pavle as he lies in repose at the Congregational church, in Belgrade, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Patriarch Pavle, who led Serbia's Christian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, died Sunday. He was 95.
  7. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church leads the memorial service for late Patriarch Pavle as he lies in repose at the Congregational church, in Belgrade, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Patriarch Pavle, who led Serbia's Christian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, died Sunday. He was 95.
  8. Treats with the seal and signature of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton await guests as they arrive for a dinner in honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the State Department in Washington November 5, 2009.
  9. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (R) offers a prayer before a dinner with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in his honor at the State Department in Washington November 5, 2009.
  10. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (R) exchange remarks before a dinner in his honor at the State Department in Washington November 5, 2009.
  11. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, pours holy water into the Mississippi River after performing a blessing aboard the Steamboat Natchez in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Bartholomew I is in New Orleans to participate in a symposium addressing environmental challenges facing the river and the Louisiana coast.
  12. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, blesses the Mississippi River aboard the Steamboat Natchez in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Bartholomew I is in New Orleans to participate in a symposium addressing environmental challenges facing the river and the Louisiana coast.
  13. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, second from right, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, blesses the Mississippi River aboard the Steamboat Natchez in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Bartholomew I is in New Orleans to participate in a symposium addressing environmental challenges facing the river and the Louisiana coast.
  14. Archbishop Demetrius of America, left, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, and Bishop Alexios of Atlanta, right, stand in front of the Steamboat Natchez before boarding to perform a blessing of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Bartholomew I is in New Orleans to participate in a symposium addressing environmental challenges facing the river and the Louisiana coast.
  15. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, looks over the Mississippi River after speaking at a symposium addressing environmental challenges facing the river and the Louisiana coast in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
  16. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, left, leader of the Christian Orthodox Church, speaks at a symposium addressing environmental challenges facing the Mississippi River and the Louisiana coast in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.

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