The Sunday of Thomas, also called Antipascha (meaning “in the stead of Pascha”), was solemnly celebrated at the Phanar.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over at the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint George, with the participation of the clergy of the Patriarchal Court.
Shortly after the Dismissal, the Trisagion Service was performed in memory of late Metropolitan Thomas of Chalkidona and Archimandrite Dionysios Papachristoforos, former Hegumen of the Monastery of Chrysorrogiatissa in Cyprus and a graduate from the Theological School of Halki, who reposed in the Lord yesterday. Finally, the Ecumenical Patriarch performed the Vespers Service at the Phanar.
