With the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, the capital city of the island of Lesvos, Mytilene, and the Nichori district of the Bosporus metropolis have been twinned.
The association between the municipality and the ecclesiastical district of Constantinople is due to the fact that the patron saint of Mytilene is 19th century St. Theodoros the Byzantine.
In another item from the Mother Church, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew performed a Trisagion prayer service on Wednesday at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George for the repose of the soul of late Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Helioupolis and Theira.
Previously, His All Holiness officiated at the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.