Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople honored the memory of his predecessor Patriarch Gregory V

On the morning of Wednesday, April 10, 2019, as every year, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew lit a candle and put spring flowers in front of the closed gate of the Patriarchate, the place where Gregory V, Patriarch of Constantinople, suffered his martyrdom. Patriarch Gregory V was hanged by the Turks in front of the central portal of the Patriarchate on Pascha day, April 10/22, 1821. His holy relics are in