An ecumenical icon for Pope Leo (Video)

When a group of Orthodox and Catholic pilgrims from the United States met Pope Leo on July 17 at his residence in Castel Gandolfo, one of the pilgrims presented the Pope with a specially commissioned icon — a diptych of Saint Leo the Great and the Apostle Bartholomew. Jack Figel intended to present a second copy of the icon to Patriarch Bartholomew, the Orthodox Archbishop of Constantinople, when the group met with him in Istanbul.

But the commission presented Figel with a problem: which saint should be depicted on the right and which on the left? In this question of giving precedence, he came up with an interesting solution.

View the video below to learn more.

Featured image: An icon depicts Saint Leo the Great (left) and the Apostle Bartholomew (right). (CNS YouTube channel screenshot)