On Sunday afternoon, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarch, will meet in the Phanar.
The Synodal Hierarchs are the following:
- Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon
- Dimitrios of Metres and Athyra
- Ambrosios of Karpathos and Kasos
- Apostolos of Militos
- Alexios of Atlanta
- Joseph of Proconnesus
- Meliton of Philadelphia
- Joseph of Buenos Aires
- Cleopas of Sweden and all Scandinavia
- Maximos of Selyvria
- Makarios of Australia
- Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos
In the morning, on the memory of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Metropolitan Iosif of Buenos Aires presided over the Divine Liturgy and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended prayerfully the service in the Patriarchal Cathedral today, August 29, 2021.
Hierarchs of the Throne and a large number of believers attended the service.
Archbishop Makarios of Australia presided over the Great Vespers yesterday.