The service of the Lamentations at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

On Great and Holy Friday, 18 April 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Service of the Lamentations (Epitaphios) at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, and was joined by Metropolitans Meliton of Philadelphia, Eirinaios of Myriofyton and Peristasis, Chrysostomos of Myra, Theoliptos of Iconium, and Theodoros of Seleucia.

The emotional atmosphere deepened as the Epitaphios procession unfolded, both inside and outside the bustling Patriarchal Church.

The Archons of the Great Church of Christ led the procession, headed by the Grand Logothetis Theodoros Angelopoulos, accompanied by his wife, Gianna Angelopoulos, Consul Theophilos Georgakis of the Consulate General of Greece, Consul Hanna Tischenko of the Consulate General of Ukraine, and a large, devout congregation.

Photographs: Nikos Papachristou