The head of the American Archdiocese of the Church of Constantinople, Archbishop Elpidophoros, announced the upcoming visit of Patriarch Bartholomew, which will begin in New York, according to orthodoxtimes.

The official route will be announced in the coming weeks.

So far, it is reported that he provides for a visit to the metropolises of Pittsburgh and Chicago with a speech at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.

The trip will also end in New York with a visit to the National Shrine of St. Nicholas at the World Trade Center on the anniversary of the enthronement of the Ecumenical Patriarch.