Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated the Vesper on Saturday evening and the Divine Liturgy of the Third Sunday of the Great Fast, or Sunday of the Veneration of Holy Cross, at the Patriarchal Church.
The Divine Liturgy was also attended by Metropolitans Meliton of Philadelphia, Chrysostomos of Myra, Theoleptos of Iconium (Konya), Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, Elpidophoros of Bursa (Prousa) and Athenagoras of Kydonion.
Last but not least, Archdeacon Theodoros preached God’s Word.