The Secretariat of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople issued the following communiqué, dated August 5, 2018: « It is communicated with pleasure that on August 31, following the wish expressed by him, His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will visit the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with his entourage , where he will have discussions with His All-Holiness [Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew] and the competent organs