ZONATANA: Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at Fanari for the 35th anniversary of the election to the Throne of Constantinopletranslated

Today marks thirty-five years of the blessed Patriarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarch His Excellency. Bartholomew of Imbrio. It was October 22, 1991 when the Holy and Holy Synod elected Bartholomew of Chalcedon as the 270th Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch. This anniversary day of the 35 years of the blessed Patriarchal ministry of His Holiness is celebrated with the celebration of Divine Liturgy in the Pansept Patriarchal Church of Agios Georgios in Fanari:

"Today marks thirty-five years of the blessed Patriarchate of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Imbrio. Thirty-five years that the enlightened form of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew adorns and brightens the First throne of the Queen of the cities! Joy and pride accompanies all of us Imbrio that one of our own people, one our compatriot will go down in history as the Great and longest-lived Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the Holiness and Ecumenical Patriarch, writes the Imbrian Union in its post on the occasion of today's anniversary.

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