His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended, praying from the Holy Altar of the Venerable Patriarchal Church, the Divine Liturgy which took place on Saturday, 11 February 2023.
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, a forty-day Memorial Service was held for the repose of the soul of the blessed Abbot of the Holy Stavropegic Monastery of Panagia Tatarna, Archimandrite Dositheos (Kanellos).
Present also for the Divine Liturgy and Memorial Service were Their Eminences, Elder Metropolitan Apostolos and Derkoi, Elder Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Myra and Elder Metropolitan Stefanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, as well as clergy, faithful from the City of Constantinople and pilgrims from oversees.
On the afternoon of the same day, His All-Holiness made his way to Valouklis Hospital, where he visited the residents of the Nursing Home, to whom he addressed words of comfort and support and offered them gifts of small blessings.
During his visit, he was also informed by the officials about the progress of the restoration works of the Nursing Home building, which had been seriously damaged by the devastating fire that broke out in this historic Institution of the Greek Community, last August.
Photos: Nikos Papachristoy / Ecumenical Patriarchate