Ecumenical Patriarch to officiate at Patriarchal Church on Sunday before the Nativity of Christ

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will officiate at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George, during the Divine Liturgy, on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, December 24, at 9:30 a.m., during which the Holy Sermon will be preached by Deacon Alexander, who will also be tonsured to the rank of the Great Archdeacon at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy.