Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios…

Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios conducts a Christmas service in the Church of St George, in the Istanbul district of Phanar where the seat of the Patriarchate lies. In a message to the faithful, Vartholomaios spoke against ‘acts of terrorism directed against the innocent,’ arguing that Christmas offers peace and joy to a suffering world.

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