Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy on Monday, November 13, 2023, on the feast of Saint John Chrysostom, at the Patriarchal Church.
According to tradition, the icon of the Saint and the crozier (pastoral staff) were placed on the Patriarchal Throne. His holy relics were also placed for veneration.
Metropolitans Chrysostomos of Myra, who celebrates his name day, Stefanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, Athenagoras of Kydonia, and Ioakeim of Bursa, Bishop Adrianos of Halicarnassus, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, faithful from Constantinople and pilgrims from abroad also attended the service.
Photos: Nikos Papachristou