Ecumenical Patriarch Celebrates feast of Patron Saint

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His All-Holiness celebrated his name-day and commemorated his patron saint, the Holy Apostle St. Bartholomew, presiding over Great Vespers on Monday, June 10, 2013, at the Holy Monastery of Zoodochos Peghe in Baloukli and celebrating the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Church of St. George on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Members of the Holy and Sacred Synod and Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne concelebrated with His All-Holiness, while Hierarchs from all over the world, including representatives of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, were in attendance.

His All-Holiness celebrated his name-day and commemorated his patron saint, the Holy Apostle St. Bartholomew, presiding over Great Vespers on Monday, June 10, 2013, at the Holy Monastery of Zoodochos Peghe in Baloukli and celebrating the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Church of St. George on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Members of the Holy and Sacred Synod and Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne concelebrated with His All-Holiness, while Hierarchs from all over the world, including representatives of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, were in attendance.

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