Moments of emotionunfolded on Friday morning in Tempi, at the place of the tragedy of the railway accident, where the Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Bartholomew.

A large number of relatives of the accident victims, as well as representatives of the political and self-administrative leadership of the place, were “present”.

Mr. Bartholomew tearful throughout the trisag, he laid a wreath in memory of the victims, at the adjacent temple, while meeting with relatives.

In his statement after the end of the religious ceremony, the Metropolitan of Larissa and Tyrnavos Mr. Hieronymos emphasized, among other things, that the Patriarch “added his own sorrow to the mourning of the relatives of the victims. He comes to bless the place and to pray to the Holy God so that similar accidents do not happen in the future. His presence honors us, it is decisive because at this point, which many may avoid, he comes to give the blessing and to say that some things have nothing to do with what everyone believes, with everyone’s prejudices, but with the responsibility…”