The Metropolitan of Pisidia Job (Getcha) participated in the scientific conference of the Ecumenical Patriarchate organised for the 1400th anniversary of the first chanting of the Akathistos Hymn in the Holy Church of the Mother of God in Blacherna. The conference honoris this important event in the Orthodox Ecclesiastical Tradition.
His communication entitled “The Akathist Hymn in the Liturgical Tradition of Other Orthodox and Christian Traditions” offered a special scientific analysis of the Akathistos Hymn in Latin and the Slavic tradition. The conference concluded with great success under the blessing of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
