The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew gave paternal advice to the children of the Diaspora (Omogeneia), the future of the Greeks, as well as to their parents, at a festive event for the youth of Istanbul, held on the afternoon of Friday, January 3, Zografeion Secondary School and Lyceum, during which he blessed the Vasilopita of the Paidopolis Protis youth camp.

His All-Holiness pointed out the profound impact that technological development has on society and drew the attention of parents, as well as of children and young people, to the potential dangers of using new technologies.