Editing Bartholomew I of Constantinople (section)

=== Support of refugees, reunification and peace ===
On 16 April 2016, he visited, together with [[Pope Francis]] and [[Ieronymos II of Athens|Archbishop Hieronymus II]], the [[Moria Refugee Camp]] in the island of [[Lesbos]], to call the attention of the world to the refugee issue.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/apr/16/pope-francis-europe-visits-lesbos-in-pictures |title=Pope Francis visits Lesbos |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 April 2016}}</ref> In December 2018, he visited the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] (KDZ) and prayed for permanent peace and unification on the Korean Peninsula.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20181208049500062?input=1195m |title=Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch hoping that North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons and to bring true peace |date=8 December 2018 |publisher=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.orthodoxkorea.org/his-all-holiness-ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-visits-the-dmz/ |title=His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visits the DMZ |last=Lionberger |first=Erik |date=10 December 2018 |website=한국정교회 대교구 (Orthodox Metropolis of Korea) |language=en |access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>