On Friday, February 27, the Service of the First Stasis of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos was celebrated with reverence at the Holy Church of the Holy Trinity, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory of Ankara.

At the same time, at the Holy Church of the Presentation of the Theotokos in Pera, the service was presided over by His Grace Bishop Benjamin of Tralles.