The celebration of Saint Theophany at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

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More than 15 young people, from the city, Greece and abroad, dived into the Horn and the Holy Cross was caught by the student Athanasios Apostolakis, from Heraklion, Crete, to whom the Ecumenical Patriarch offered a golden cross as a blessing, while he blessed all the other swimmers, to whom he offered along with his paternal wishes and small souvenirs.

Yesterday, the Epiphany was celebrated in Fanari with all the splendor and splendor.

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the ceremony of the consecration of the waters and the immersion of the Holy Cross in the Horned Gulf, from the platform that had been placed on the waterfront of the Fanario, where, together with the High Priests, the officials and the faithful people, they moved in a procession from the Pansept Patriarchal Church.

More than 15 young people, from the city, Greece and abroad, dived into the Horn and the Holy Cross was caught by the student Athanasios Apostolakis, from Heraklion, Crete, to whom the Ecumenical Patriarch offered a golden cross as a blessing, while he blessed all the other swimmers, to whom he offered along with his paternal wishes and small souvenirs.

Earlier, in the Patriarchal Church, with the Patriarch praying together, the Metropolitan of Geron Chalkidonos Emmanuel, after officiating at Orthros, performed the Great Consecration, and then presided over the Divine Liturgy, co-celebrated by the Metropolitans of Philadelphia Melitonos, Myriophytos and Peristases Irenaios, Myron Chrysostomos, Larissa and Tyrnavos Ieronymos, and Prousis Joakim.

The consul general of Greece in the city, Georgia Sultanopoulos, as the representative of the Greek State, the president of PASOK-Movement for Change, Nikos Androulakis, MEP, the MP Maximos Harakopoulos, g.g. of the DSO, the mayor of Nea Philadelphia – Nea Chalkidona, Yannis Vouros, ‘Archontes Officialii of the MtCHE and a multitude of believers from the City, Greece, but also many other countries.

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