On the eve of the New Year, Metropolitan Paisios of Leros, Kalymnos and Astypalea informed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew about the situation in Kalymnos due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the measures taken by the state health authorities.
The Ecumenical Patriarch expressed the support of the Mother Church to the faithful of Kalymnos and hoped that the pandemic would end soon and normalcy would return.