Phanar: Three-year memorial service for the late Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima

A three-year memorial service was held on Saturday, 31 May 2025, at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George at the Phanar for the late Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima.

His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon was present in prayerful attendance. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, with the concelebration of Metropolitans Maximos of Sylivria and Andreas of Forty Churches.

Also prayerfully attending were Metropolitans Chrysostomos of Myra and Maximos of Switzerland, His Grace Bishop Adrianos of Halicarnassus, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and pilgrims from abroad.

Later that afternoon, the Patriarchal Commissioner presided over the Great Vespers for the Feast of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council.

Today, on the feast day itself, a Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy was celebrated, during which the 1700th anniversary of the convening of the historic First Ecumenical Council will be officially commemorated.

Photographs: Nikos Papachristou