“The Church embraces all people with its affection and covers all with its maternal mantle, not just those of a high social standing,” said His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, after the Divine Liturgy, during which he presided from the Throne, at the Holy Church of the Birth of the Theotokos, at Belgrade Gate in Istanbul, on February 1, 2021. It is on this day that the memory of St. Trypho, patron saint of gardeners, is honored. (Photo by N. Manginas)