The Feast of Indiction will be celebrated in the Phanar on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, where the meeting of the Ecumenical Throne Hierarchy will begin.
On the eve of the feast, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will officiate the Great Vespers at the Monastery of the Mother of God at the Spring in Balıklı, At the end of the service, he will ordain Professor Sotiris Tsiodras as Archon Offikalios of the Great Church of Christ.
Read the announcement of the Ecumenical Patriarchate:
It is announced that on September 1, the Feast of Indiction and the Synaxis are celebrated in the Patriarchal Church in honor of Panagia Pammakaristos, whose holy icon is placed there.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will officiate the Vespers service on August 31 at the Monastery of the Mother of God at the Spring in Balıklı, after which he will ordain Professor Sotiris Tsiodras as Archon Offikalios of the Great Church of Christ.
On the day of the Feast, the Patriarchal and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy will be performed with the participation of the Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Throne, which will be in the Phanar for the meeting.
The Icon of Panagia Pammakaristos will be exhibited so that the faithful can pay their respects.
During the Divine Liturgy, the Ecumenical Patriarch’s special message will be read on the day of prayers for the protection of the natural environment.