The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on Saturday, March 15, 2025, visited the Sismanoglio Mansion of the General Consulate of Greece in Constantinople, accompanied by Grand Ecclesiarch Gregory.
He attended the concert “Music in the Light – Romioi and Thracian Composers of 19th and 20th Century Art Music” performed by the “Apollon” choir of Orestiada, in response to the reverent invitation of the Honorable Mr. Anastasios Dimoschakis, Member of Parliament for Evros.
Immediately afterward, accompanied by Metropolitan Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, he proceeded to the city’s Cultural Center (AKM), where, upon an official invitation, he attended an event organized by the Federation of Alevi Foundations, which was also honored by the presence of Turkey’s Ministers of Education, Culture, and Tourism.