On Saturday, July 8, 2023, His Excellency the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visited the Seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Phanar.
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, flanked by the Reverend Hierarchs Emmanuel, Geron of Chalcedon and Hilarion of Winnipeg, as well as clerics of the Patriarchal Court, warmly welcomed His Excellency the President in the courtyard of the Patriarchate and then they entered the venerable Patriarchal Church together, where His All-Holiness performed the Trisagion for the repose of the souls of the victims of the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Reverend Hierarchs gathered to pray along with Mr. Zelenskyy’s entourage, which consisted of high-ranking officials of the Presidency and the Ukrainian Government, the Ambassador of Ukraine in Ankara, His Excellency Mr. Vasyl Bodnar, and the Consul General of the country in Constantinople, the Honorable Mr. Roman Nedilskyi. (Photos by Nicholas-George A. Papachristou, Director, Patriarchal Press and Communication Office)