In a climate of excitement and pride for Orthodoxy and Hellenism, took place in Constantinople Anniversary event entitled 'City, light what unites us ... ", which was organized by the South Aegean Region, under the auspices of All Holiness. Ecumenical Patriarch Messrs. Bartholomew, on Sunday of Orthodoxy, 20 Of March 2016 and time 18.00 pm. in the renovated event hall of the Holy Temple of the Most Great Brigades, in the Great Current (Arnautkioi) Bosphorus.
Every year on Sunday of Orthodoxy, It is performed in all Orthodox Churches of the world solemn Divine Liturgy with a special ritual. The focus of all worship events is the September Center of Orthodoxy, the martyred and historical lantern. There the Ecumenical Patriarch, precedes the Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy and the procession of the holy icons around the Pansept Patriarchal Church of Agios Georgios. In the afternoon of the same day from the Byzantine years to the present day, a cosmic event is being held, a festive-epic concert.
The Region of the South Aegean with the Dodecanese Church that is spiritually and administratively subject to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, organized the historical concert this year as a continuation of the custom. The renowned performer and professor of Byzantine-traditional music, Archon Protopsaltis Gregory Papaemannouil led the concert, While also participated in the musical ensemble "Employees" with traditional South Aegean music.
The program of the event consisted of three parts. In the first part, rare Byzantine compositions were heard, in the second traditional songs from the Bosporus regions, of the Marmara Sea, of Eastern Thrace, of Asia Minor, of Smyrna and Cappadocia. In the third and final part of the concert, the protagonists performed songs by renowned Greek composers, like Stavros Xarchakos, of Evanthia Reboutsika, of Pantelis Thalassinos, of Nikos Zoudiaris et al.
The Patriarch of the Genus officially welcomed the Regional Governor Mr. Georgios Hatzimarkos to His chair in Fanari, on Saturday 19 Of March, at 12:30, and gave His Fatherly and Patriarchal wishes.