Archbishop Makarios of Australia, during these days, is present at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, accompanied by Metropolitan Ezekiel of Dervis, Bishop Bartholomew of Charioupolis, Archiepiscopal Vicar for the Archdiocesan District of Canberra, as well as Archdeacon Father Athenagoras.
Archbishop Makarios met with the Ecumenical Patriarch along with Hierarchs of the First-throne Church, while on Sunday, 28 August 2022, the Archbishop of Australia presided at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew praying from the Holy Altar.