Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Georgios in Edirnekapı on Bight Thursday, May 6 (according to the Julian Calendar).
After the Divine Liturgy, the Ecumenical Patriarch bestowed the offikion of Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne upon the Georgian Fr. Ilia Jinjolava, who is in charge of the church and the Georgian community in Constantinople.
Metropolitan Ioakeim of Bursa, Bishop Andrianos of Hallicanrasus, the Georgian Ambassador in Ankara, Giorgi Janjgava, and several faithful from the Georgian community, in compliance with all COVID-19 restrictive measures.