He was officially welcomed by members of the Double Sacred Synod
The members of the Double Sacred Synod (Abbot and representatives of the twenty monasteries) were solemnly welcomed Mount Athos the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who arrived in the morning in Karyes, at the administrative center of the monastic state, as part of a two -day visit to Mount Athos from today.
The Prime Minister is accompanied by Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanassis, the Deputy Minister of Interior (Macedonia – Thrace) Costas Gioulekas and the Secretary of the Political Committee of the ND Costas Skrekis, while also attended by Kostas Skrekis.
The prime minister arrived by helicopter in Karyes. The square was welcomed by Protector Abraham and the political commander of Mount Athos Alcibiades Stefanis and led him to the entrance of Protatos, where he greeted the abbots and representatives. And he embraced the image of the Virgin Mary “Axion Esti”.
At this time, doxology in Protato, in the presence of the prime minister, is being held, and will be followed by the Saint first and the prime minister’s reversal and the prime minister’s visit to the Hierarchical Palace.