Tribute to the victims of the Greek Genocide of the Pontus was payed at the meeting of Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and Ivan Savvidis.
On the eve of Easter, Ivan Savvidis, as the spiritual ambassador of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem to Eastern Europe and the Russian-speaking countries, participated in the Divine Liturgy of the Holy Fire at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
With the blessing of Theophilos III, the Holy Fire was delivered to the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Rostov-on-Don, where on the feast of the Resurrection of Christ, the head of the Metropolitan Church of Don, Metropolitan Mercurius of Rostov and Novocherkassk performed the Easter Liturgy.