Turkey’s Orthodox Patriarchate Says Greek Seminary Will Reopen

Turkey could reopen a Greek Orthodox seminary shut down more than 50 years ago in September, the patriarch of the Istanbul-based church said, according to Hurriyet newspaper on Sunday, an act the US and the European Union have repeatedly called for.

“In the coming months, the works of radical renovation of the school’s building complex will be completed, the inauguration of which we will celebrate, God willing, next September,” Bartholomew I said in Athens on May 7, according to the patriarchate. The Turkish government declined to comment on the report to Bloomberg on Sunday.