In the years 1978 to 1979 he was a fellow of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in Thessaloniki, Greece, at the monastery Orthodox Moní Vlatádon, home of the renowned Institute of patristic studies.
În anii 1978-1979, a fost bursier al Patriarhiei Ecumenice a Constantinopolului, la Salonic, în Grecia, la mănăstirea ortodoxă Moní Vlatádon, sediu al renumitului Institut de Studii Patristice.