On 28 March, the Chaplain-President was honoured to represent the Anglicans of Belgium at a lunch reception held at the Greek Ambassador's Residence in Brussels to celebrate the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire on 25 March 1829. Ambassador Dionyssios Kalamvrezos gave an uplifting speech on Greece's role in the United Nations. The Chaplain-President was delighted to speak to the Papal Nuncio Mgr Franco Coppola and Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium during the reception.