The seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in the Phanar, was visited today, Friday, August 2, by Bishop Sahak Mashalian, the newly elected Vicar of the Armenian Patriarchate in the City.

Bishop Sahak, accompanied by clergy of the Armenian Patriarchate, was received by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with honor and cordiality, and informed him of the ongoing process of electing their new Patriarch.