Ceremony for the Sanctification of the Holy Myrrh at Ecumenical Patriarchate

The Mother Church in Constantinople, where the process to make the Chrism Oil used in the Orthodox Church for the Sacrament of Confirmation began on Palm Sunday at the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Earlier the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, officiated at the solemn Palm Sunday archieratical Divine Liturgy.

The ceremony for the Sanctification of the Holy Myrrh followed. This auspicious celebration takes place approximately once every 10 years, when the reserve of Holy Myrrh nears depletion. The process begins on Palm Sunday and is completed on Holy Thursday.

This was the fourth time Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has presided over the sanctification ceremony.

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