The official letter of congratulations from the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the successful inaugural conference of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at HCHC on “SYNODALITY: Envisioning the Future of the Church”. The event took place in late March 2024. It brought together theologians and scholars from the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches to discuss the history and vision of the synodal system through the centuries and assess how it should impact the wider ecumenical church today.