10/22/11: Reception in honor of His All-Holiness
On Saturday evening, October 22, 2011, the Orthodox Christian Community hosted a reception in honor of His All-Holiness for the 20th Anniversary since His election and enthronement as Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch at the newly renovated Assembly Hall of the Galata Primary School. In attendance were Minister of European Affairs Egemen Bağış, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, Archbishop Anastasios of Albania, and the Hon. Nikolaos Mathioudakis, newly appointed Consul General of Greece in Istanbul. (Photos by D. Panagos and J. Mindala)