Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew acquired Greece’s Deputy Minister for Development, Stavros Kalafatis, chargeable for Research and Innovation, on Thursday, June 25, 2026, on the Phanar.
The delegation additionally included Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris, President of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), together with their associates.
During the cordial assembly, the delegation offered plans for the institution of the Institute for Ethics, Theology and Philosophy in Science and Technology (ITHOS), which is able to function as a analysis institute of CERTH and be based mostly on the Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies in Thessaloniki.
The new institute goals to function a global middle for analysis and dialogue, fostering interdisciplinary cooperation amongst theologians, philosophers, scientists, engineers, and expertise consultants. Its work will focus on up to date points equivalent to synthetic intelligence, bioethics, digital governance, human identification, and the moral challenges arising from scientific and technological progress.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew blessed the institution of the institute and welcomed its operation inside the Patriarchal Institute, emphasizing the significance of fostering a significant and lasting dialogue between Orthodox theology and custom and trendy science and rising applied sciences, notably at a time when the fast improvement of synthetic intelligence is on the forefront of international dialogue.
Photos: Nikos Papachristou
