Phanar: Elevation of Grand Protosyncellus by the Patriarch and the New Year’s Day Divine Liturgy

The Ecumenical Patriarchate released an announcement for the services scheduled for 31 December 2023 and 1 January 2024 to commemorate the feast of the Circumcision of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and the memory of Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia.

According to the announcement, the Great Vespers of the Feast will be officiated by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Sunday 31 December 2023, at 2 p.m. On Monday, 1 January 2024, the Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy will be celebrated by the Ecumenical Patriarch alongside the Synodal Hierarchs.

Following the Divine Liturgy, the Ecumenical Patriarch will elevate Archimandrite Gregorios Frangakis to the Office of the Grand Protosyncellus of the Holy Great Church of Christ. The customary reception will follow this solemn occasion in the Throne Room of the Patriarchate.