Archbishop Makarios of Australia joins Patriarchal Liturgy marking First Ecumenical Council

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His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia participated in a landmark Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy on Sunday, June 1, held at the Patriarchal Church in Constantinople to mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.

Presided over by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the service also coincided with the annual commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Second Ecumenical Council.

Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the service.

A number of hierarchs from across the Orthodox world, including Archbishops from Cologne, Arkalochori, Belgium, Leros, Atlanta, Kydonia, Switzerland, Ireland, and Mexico, joined the celebration.

A Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical marking the significance of the anniversary was read by the Chief Secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod, Archimandrite Bosporios.

The event drew clergy, diplomatic representatives, Archons of the Greek Orthodox Church, and a multitude of faithful from Constantinople and abroad.

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