Pope Francis offered a part of the Holy Relics of Apostle Peter, founder of the Church of Rome, to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
In the context of the visit of the official delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Pope Francis of Rome took the initiative to offer the Church of Constantinople a part of the Holy Relics of the Great Saint Apostle Peter in an ornate reliquary.
The part of the Holy Relics, which was kept in the Papal Chapel, was handed over by Pope Francis himself to Archbishop Job of Telmessos, head of the Patriarchal Delegation, also attended by Bishop Maximos of Melitene, and Deacon Vosporios Magafas, Codex Writer of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
The official reception of the Holy Relics of St. Peter the Apostle will take place tomorrow, Sunday, June 30, the day when the Church celebrates the Synaxis of the Holy Twelve Apostles, at the Holy Church of the Community of Ferikioi, while the Divine Liturgy will be officiated by the Ecumenical Patriarch.