Cleric hopeful over reopening of Istanbul Greek Seminary

The Hagia Triada Monastery’s archpriest and Metropolitan of Bursa Elpidophoros Lambriniadis says they have a feeling that Turkey will take steps toward reopening the Heybeliada Halki seminary in, which was hit hard by the political turmoil between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus in 1971 and closed down by Turkish officials. DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Vercihan Ziflioğlu vercihan.ziflioglu@hurriyet.com.tr 3/4/2012 The classrooms of the Halki Greek Orthodox Seminary on Istanbul’s Heybeliada Island are being renovated with the motivation that the school will reopen soon, archpriest and Metropolitan of Bursa Elpidophoros Lambriniadis says A recent meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Barack Obama in Seoul has raised hopes that the Halki Greek Orthodox Seminary on Istanbul’s Heybeliada Island may be reopened after 41years.