On August 27th-September 1st, Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia travelled to Constantinople to attend the sessions of the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the month of August. He, also, attended the Service of Indiction on September 1st at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint George at the Phanar, marking the commencement of the new ecclesiastical year, and where Orthodox hierarchs from around the world signed the spiritual registry.
Photos by Nikos Manginas and Dimitrios Panagos