81.   Rival W. Deen Mohammed, an orthodox Muslim leader and son of late Nation of Islam head Elijah Muhammad, also planned to attend.

82.   Tempestuous Orthodox leader dies.

83.   Some Orthodox Jewish leaders are also staying away, saying the celebrations are too secular.

84.   The Kosovo crisis in particular has put Orthodox leaders in difficult spot of condemning alleged Yugoslav atrocities but expressing sympathy for fellow Orthodox Serbs.

85.   The pope, who has sought to reconcile the millennium-old divide between Catholics and the Orthodox Church, greeted Orthodox leaders during his Mass.

86.   The Orthodox Jewish leader, from Windmere, N.Y., was in Israel for a wedding and came to the center to visit a rabbi friend who worked there.

87.   The Orthodox leaders resented what they read as aggressive moves by the Vatican to make up for lost time in the former Communist countries.

88.   The pope embraced Bartholomew outside the Vatican guest house where the Orthodox leader will stay until Friday.

89.   The pope, who has sought to reconcile the millennium-old divide between Catholics and the Orthodox Church, greeted Orthodox leaders.

90.   The star of the show was Dana International, the Israeli transsexual pop star who gained notoriety and angered Orthodox leaders at home for winning the Eurovision song contest.