Επικαιρότητες | Επίσκεψη Οικ. Πατριάρχου κ.κ. ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΥ στη Μητρόπολη...Visit of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the Holy Metropolis of Polyani and Kilkiskomew

31 OCT 2024 The Holy Metropolis of Polyani and Kilkis is one of the New Lands of Greece,which belong to the Ecumenical Patriarchate,but,for practical reasons,are administered by the Church of Greece.Still,a spiritual tie to the Ecumenical Patriarchate remains.The Holy Metropolis is located in Central Makedonia,Greece.Distinguished guests included His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece and His All-Holiness Metropolitan Theophilos of Thessaloniki.Following welcome remarks by the Mayor of Kilkis and a response by HAH Patriarch Bartholomew,a Doxology service (Service of Thanksgiving) was held in the Metropolitan Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour,Kilkis.Security was tight for the visit and several members of the Hellenic Armed Forces attended the service.Engolpia (bishop's icons) were exchanged among the participants.The ruling hierarch of the Metropolis is His Eminence Metropolitan Bartholomew of Polyani and Kilkis.