Archbishop Makarios attends liturgy led by Ecumenical Patriarch at Panagia Balino

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His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated a Divine Liturgy from the throne (Horostasia) at the Church of Panagia Balino in Constantinople on Sunday, November 17.

The service marked the Feast Day of the Holy Great Martyr Menas, where the sacred spring of the Saint is found in the Narthex of the Holy Church.

The Patriarch was welcomed by His Grace Bishop Adrianos of Halicarnassus, Overseer of the Phanar – Golden Horn District, and also by the President of the Community Council, Dr Symeon Soltaridis.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew leads Divine Liturgy at Panagia Balinos Church
Photo: Yani Kayakoparan.

Among the attendees were His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, along with Archons of the Great Church of Christ and many faithful believers.

Earlier this year, Archbishop Makarios made another trip to Constantinople to launch his new book The Ecumenical Patriarchate – The Preeminent and Suffering Church.

In April 2024 in Athens, Greece, the Archbishop met with Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He also officiated the Second Service of the Salutations at Saint George in Phanar, Turkey on Friday, March 29, in the presence of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

More recently, in September, he met with Greece’s President Katerina Sakellaropoulou as well.

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