The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the First Paraclesis to the Most Holy Theotokos, on the afternoon of Sunday, August 1, 2021.
On the morning of the same day, the feast of St. Solomon, whose holy relics are kept in the Patriarchal Church, the Ecumenical Patriarch presided over the Divine Liturgy, which was performed by the priest of Metropolitan Joachim of Prousa.