On 26^th January 2023 the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan His Eminence Antoniy of Western and Central Europe and Ambassador Ivan Jordanov met in Abu Dhabi with His Grace, the Right Reverend Bishop Gregorios Abdullah Khoury, Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East and Patriarchal Vicar to His Beatitude John X.

During the meeting, Metropolitan Antoniy and Bishop Gregorios exchanged their views on deepening the relations between the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church of Antioch. They discussed the issues of the Bulgarian Orthodox Community in the diocese of the UAE, incl. Divine liturgy in Bulgarian language.