35 years since the Enthronement of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomewtranslated

November 2, 1991. Today marks 35 years since the enthronement of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch K.C. Bartholomew in the Patriarchal Holy Church of Agios Georgios in Fanari. His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch had been elected a few days earlier (on October 22, 1991) by the Holy and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch. On November 2, 1991 – exactly 34 years ago – His Holiness, fully aware of the heavy responsibility he was shouldering, ascended to the Apostolic and Ecumenical Throne of Constantinople.

On the occasion of the completion of 34 years since the enthronement, here is a historical video from the enthronement ceremony:

The enthronement ceremony of His Holiness took place in the Patriarchal Church of Agios Georgios, in the eternal Lantern, a few days after His unanimous election (October 22, 1991) by the Holy Endimous Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. During the ceremony, the then 51-year-old Hierarch declared his determination to minister with a sacrificial spirit to the Ruling and Suffering Church of Constantinople: "We receive from his hands...