His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos served the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of our Ecumenical Patriarch's Patron Saint, St. Bartholomew. Following the conclusion of Liturgy, His Eminence spoke movingly of His All Holiness' sacrificial life and service to Christ's Holy Orthodox Church, speaking out in defense of the rights of religious freedom for our Orthodox brothers & sisters, something His Eminence personally witnessed during his recent service to the Holy and Sacred Synod. 

The following photo, presented to Metropolitan Sevastianos upon the conclusion of his term with the Synod expresses God's blessings for, and the love His All Holiness carries in his heart all the faithful of the Metropolis of Atlanta.
Fervently do we offer up our collective prayers that God continues to bless His All Holiness, our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with many more years of health, peace & strength, to rightly teach the Word of His Truth. 

Τόν Δεσπότην καὶ Ἀρχιερέα ἡμῶν, Κύριε φύλαττε· εἰς πολλὰ ἔτη, Δέσποτα.