The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate met under the chairmanship of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Holy Trinity, in Halki, on June 23 and June 24.
During the sessions, all the matters on the agenda were examined, in which the appropriate decisions were taken.
At the beginning of the work of the 2nd day, the Ecumenical Patriarch informed the Hierarchs that he had contacted by telephone Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece, to whom He expressed the sympathy of the Mother Church of Constantinople for the tragic event of the attack on the Synodical Palace and the fraternal wishes of Him and the Synodal Hierarchs for the restoration of the health of the Hierarchs, clergy, and laity injured in the incident.