On 19th July 2011 His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa had a meeting with the Erudite Professor Mr. George Babiniotis, President of the Hellenic Cultural Centre which maintains 6 centres and 3 branches around the world, including Alexandria.
During the meeting educational issues to do with Africa were discussed, as the Patriarchate has more than two thousand educational institutes throughout Africa under its auspices. It is worth noting that the Chair of the Hellenic Cultural Centre in Odessa began operating at the time when His Beatitude was serving as Exarch in Russia, based in Odessa, where among other things he established the Museum of the Filiki Etairia.
The Venerable Primate of Alexandria made Mr Babiniotis aware of the progress of the operation of the Patriarchal Library and the efforts to preserve the old manuscripts and rare publications, as well as of the publication activities of the Patriarchate, with the precedence of the republication of the rare manuscripts which are kept there.
