The Holy and Great Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, presided by Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew II, will convene on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate this week also announced that His All Holiness will officiate at the con-celebratory Divine Liturgy on the Great Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, on Aug. 15, from the historic Holy Monastery of Panaghia Sumela, in the Pontus region. The landmark monastery had previously undergone restoration works that lasted for five years.
