On Friday, October 30, 2026, His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea, Exarch of Japan, delivered the keynote address at an event held at the Franciscan chapel in Jeong-dong, Seoul. The event was organized by the Dialogue Commission of the Order of Friars Minor (OFM) in Korea. 

The occasion marked two anniversaries: 800 years since the repose of Saint Francis of Assisi (October 3, 1226), and 40 years since the historic gathering of October 27, 1986, when Pope John Paul II invited religious leaders from around the world to Assisi to pray for peace. 

His Eminence first conveyed the patriarchal wishes and blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. He then developed the theme of his address based on Holy Scripture and the teachings of the Fathers of the Orthodox Church. A fifty-minute question-and-answer discussion with the audience followed. 

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