Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated his namesday in Constantinople

On the occasion of Patriarch Bartholomew’s namesday, Great Vespers was served on June 10 at the Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring in Balikli. The service was presided by Patriarch Bartholomew, in the presence of Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, of the primate of the new autocephalous Church of Ukraine, Epifaniy, of a large number of hierarchs, clerics, and archons. Were also present Georgia Soultanopoulou, the Consul General of Greece in Istanbul;