The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord was celebrated solemnly in the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Today, Saturday, December 25, 2021, Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint Georgios, accompanied by Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, Eirinaios of Myriophyton and Peristasis, Chrysostomos of Myra, and Ioakeim of Bursa.
The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Consul General of Ukraine in Constantinople, Roman Nedilskyi, along with his spouses and his associates, the Consul of Greece, Danai Vasilaki, and faithful from Constantinople and abroad.
The Mayor of Beşiktaş, Rıza Akpolat, and his associates attended the service and the reception.
