Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presides at the Divine Liturgy for his thirty-fifth anniversary as Patriarch, at the Phanar, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. Opposite him is His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi. (Orthodox Observer/Huseyin Aldemir)
Fr. Andreas Vithoulkas, presiding priest of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine reading from the Archbishop’s encyclical on Stand Up Sunday. (Photo by AP/Appeal of Conscience Foundation)
