On 5 April 2019,His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Bulgarian community in Adrianopoulos,which is today known as Edirne,Turkey.He was warmly received by His Eminence Metropolitan Kiprian of Staras-Zagoras (Patriarchate of Bulgaria) at the Bulgarian Orthodox Church of Sts.Constantine and Helen.Patriarch Bartholomew attended the fourth stasis of the Salutations to the Theotokos (Akathistos hymn) presided by Metropolitan Kiprian.*
Also attending were His Grace Bishop Kirillos of Abydos;the consuls general of Greece and Bulgaria to Edirne,Sotiria Theokaridis and Vassil Valchev;and many faithful and pilgrims from Turkey,Greece and Bulgaria.In his address,Patriarch Bartholomew spoke of the fondness for the Patriarchate of Bulgaria felt by its Mother Church,the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.He also recalled having visited Adrianopoulos on a previous occasion,but at a different church in the city.*
Patriarch Bartholomew has been invited to visit Serbia in the autumn by His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia.
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