Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received on Monday, December 26, the Hierarchy of the Throne in Constantinople, which warmly wished him.
The Patriarch expressed his warm thanks to his brothers and fellow Hierarchs and wished that Lord Jesus Christ gives them and all mankind health and strength, and especially peace in our suffering world.
Later, at noon, the Ecumenical Patriarch left for France, in order to spend a few days with the family of his brother Antonios Archontonis, and will return to the Phanar on Friday, December 30.