Palm Sunday was celebrated solemnly in the Cathedral of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Phanar.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral, accompanied by Metropolitans Meliton of Philadelphia, Eirinaios of Myriofyton and Peristasis, Chrysostomos of Myra, Andreas of Saranda Ekklisies and Ioakeim of Bursa.
The Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, Georgia Soultanopoulou, the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and a few faithful attended, due to the COVID-19 restrictive measures.
After the Divine Liturgy, the Ecumenical Patriarch distributed the palm branches to the congregation.
In the afternoon, the Ecumenical Patriarch presided over the Service of the Bridegroom.