Bulletin:Patriarch Bartholomew Tests Positive for Covid

On 24 December 2021,His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew,81,tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.He was hospitalised in the Constantinople Central Hospital.The patriarch received several well wishes for a speedy recovery from the likes of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis;Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan;His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania;and His Beatitude Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kiyiv and All Ukraine.* In consequence of his diagnosis,Patriarch Bartholomew could not serve the Christmas Day Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Church of St.George.Instead,His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon presided at the service.* This blog offers up prayers to the newborn saviour of the world for the health of His All-Holiness,a prelate of international renown,influence and admiration.