The Ecumenical Patriarch was represented by Metropolitan Kyrillos of Rhodes during the funeral of late Dimitrios Kremastinos.
He was a University Professor and former Vice President of the Hellenic Parliament, as well as Minister and elected MP of the Dodecanese.
In his condolence letter, which was read out at the end of the funeral service by the Metropolitan of Rhodes, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew states, “We are praying for his soul to rest in peace. Dr Dimitrios Kremastinos was a distinguished man, who conscientiously practised medicine. We also pray for his relatives and friends in order to bring some alleviation of the sorrow they bear.”