With a new announcement issued, a short time ago, the Ecumenical Patriarchate informs that the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated normally at Saint Mary of Soumela on the fifteenth of August.

The announcement of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in detail:

“It is with great joy that it is announced that following a recent decision by the Turkish authorities, permission was granted to hold a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy on the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (August 15) at the Monastery of Panagia Soumela.

In the Patriarchates, on July 25, 2023
From M. Protosygellia»

Also, the Holy and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchatewhich was held at the Theological School of Halki, expressed its deepest sympathy and that of the Great Church of Christ to Metropolitan Kyrillo of Rhodesthe local authorities, and the people tested by the devastating fire.

“It met on July 24, 2023, under the chairmanship of A.Th. His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Bartholomewthe Holy and Holy Synod, in the Holy Patriarchal and Holy Trinity Monastery of Halki.

On the occasion of the terrible fire in Rhodes, the Holy Body expressed its deep sympathy and that of the Great Church of Christ to the synodal pastor of the island, absent in his Province as he was, to the local authorities and to the greatly tested people, together with the fervent wish that the Lord God always saves, at most His mercy, His inheritance.

On the other hand, during this session, at the suggestion of A.Th. His Holiness and the votes of regulars born under the Holy and Holy Synod, from three persons established under the Holy Provincial Synod of the Holy Archdiocese of America, the Metropolitan of New Jersey was elected by unanimous vote the Theophilist Bishop of Medea, Mr. Apostolos, who gave the Micron and the Mega Message on the same day.

Finally, all the matters listed in the agenda were examined, and the appropriate decisions were taken».