On Friday, 11th June, on the occasion of the commemoration of the glorious Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, a day on which His All-Holiness our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrates his nameday, a multi-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy (starting at 7:00am) will be celebrated at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Sydney, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Sevasteia and will be concelebrated by Their Graces Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis and Bishop Emilianos of Meloa.
On the same day, the memory of Saint Bartholomew and the nameday of our Ecumenical Patriarch will be ceremonially celebrated in Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Northcote, that is, in all the sees of the Archdiocesan Districts of our Holy Archdiocese. The Divine Liturgies will be presided over by the local Archiepiscopal Vicars.
In the meantime, His Eminence our Archbishop Makarios accompanied by Archdeacon Athinagoras, will travel to the sacred centre of Orthodoxy to convey to His All-Holiness the respects and wishes of the Venerable Bishops, the noble clergy and the Christ-loving people of the fifth continent. Afterwards, His Eminence, as a Synodal member, will participate in the work of the Holy and Sacred Synod.