“The Centre for Gerontology and Welfare Support ‘Agios Porphyrios’ continues the far ecclesiastical tradition of the philanthropic ministry to the fellow man. And through this, it is testified that charity belongs to the core of Orthodox morality,” the Ecumenical Patriarch said in his greeting at the inauguration ceremony of the Center for Gerontology and Welfare Support “Agios Porphyrios”.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew added that “an impressive foundation for the support of the elderly is being inaugurated; a creation of another spirit, an institution embodying respect for the human being, but also the confidence in the power of science and the advancement of medicine, which are unconditionally serving man.”