Bartholomew’s message for a pandemic: He visits Athens, because he does not go to Thessaloniki and Mount Athos |

The official visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Athens will normally take place from November 20 to 25, as announced by the General Secretariat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

However, the planned visits to Thessaloniki and Mount Athos are postponed due to the outbreak of the pandemic, as Mr. Bartholomew wants to send a message about the need for vaccination and respect for measures to deal with the coronavirus.

“With this decision, the Ecumenical Patriarch wishes to send a message in every direction, about the need to vaccinate and respect the protective measures against the coronavirus, as the only safe way to overcome the deadly pandemic. He prays for the rest of the souls of the dead, for the rapid restoration of the health of the sick and for the above strengthening of the doctors, the nurses and all those responsible for dealing with this severe ordeal. ” is typically mentioned in the announcement of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

In Athens, the Primate of Orthodoxy is expected to participate in the Festive Patriarchal and Archbishopric Service in the Cathedral, “on the great feast of the Assumption of the Virgin” and in the context of honorary events organized by the Church and other organizations 30 years since the ascension of Patriarch Bartholomew to the First Throne of Orthodoxy.

The announcement of the Patriarchate in detail

“After joy, it is announced that ἡ Α.Θ.Παναγιότης ὁ Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης κ.κ. Bartholomew will pragmatopoiisῃ from 20 up to the 25th inst November Official location visited in Athens, then polite invitation of Holiness Church Greece, to symmetaschῃ in Formal cooperates on tῇ megalῃ Theomitorikῇ eortῇ the Virgin Mary and severally anniversary events on tῇ complete thirty continuous Πατριαρχίας Αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πανσέπτῳ Οἰκουμενικῷ Θρόνῳ. »Λόγῳ τῆς ἐπιδεινουμένης ὑγειονομικῆς κρίσεως εἰς τήν εὐρυτέραν περιοχήν, μεταθέται εἰς εὐθετώτερον χρόνον ἡ προγραμματισθεῖσα διά την 25ην 29ως την 29ην Νοεμβρίου ἐπίσκεψις τοῦ Παναγιωτάτου εἰς την Thessaloniki ἡ εἱς Θεσσαλονίκη Through this decision, the Ecumenical Patriarch wishes to send a message to all directions regarding the need for vaccination and respect for the protective measures against the coronation of the whole world. He prays for the rest of the souls of the dead, for the rapid restoration of the health of the sick and for the strengthening from above of the physicians, the nurses and all those who are present in the present.