The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by Metropolitan Elder Emmanuel of Chalcedon and the Grand Protosyncellus Gregory, attended the funeral of the Chief Rabbi of the Jews of Turkey, Isak Haleva, which took place at noon on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Pera.
He conveyed the condolences of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and his personal sympathies to the bereaved family and members of the Jewish Community.
Translated by Ioanna Georgakopoulou