John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, envoy of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, at the patriarchal residence in Balamand.

The official web-site of the Church of Antioch informed it on February 12, 2022.

The Elder Metropolitan carried an invitation to participate in the meeting of the four Apostolic Patriarchates, proposed to be held before the Great Lent and Holy Week in Constantinople, to discuss the issues facing the Orthodox Church. The meeting raised the discussion about the historical relations uniting the Churches of Antioch and Constantinople, as well as the overall emerging issues.

Earlier the cleric of the ROC Kirill Hovorun announced that the Patriarch of Antioch agreed to this proposition.