During her working visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Greek Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni received an update on the conservation efforts at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in the Phanar. The European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments is overseeing the work.
Following a private meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Mendoni visited the newly renovated Patriarchal Urban School of Marasli. Flora Karagianni, the director of the European Centre, then provided a detailed briefing on the maintenance efforts for the church’s iconostasis and holy icons.
Translated by: Konstantinos Menyktas