Patriarch of Constantinople conducts religious ceremony at historic island church

Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew conducted yesterday a religious ceremony on the Marmara Island of the northwestern Turkish province of Balıkesir, Hürriyet Daily News reports.

Some 150 people attended the ceremony, many Orthodox believers came from Greece and Istanbul.

After the ceremony Patriarch Bartholomew paid a visit to the local Saraylar Mayor Süleyman Aksoy.