On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joined together with Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne from across the globe in order to co-preside with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in commemoration of the feast of Indiction — the proclamation of the New Ecclesiastical Year.
Following the Divine Liturgy, the Archbishop of America participated in the customary Act of the Signing of the New Indiction with his fellow brother Hierarchs.
This occasion also coincides with the triennial Synaxis of Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne, which will take place in Istanbul, September 1-3, 2021, under the chairmanship of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.