As part of his visit to the Republic of Türkiye, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in a memorial prayer for the victims of the war in Ukraine, led by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

The prayer service was held in St. George's Cathedral in Phanar, Istanbul.

Father Methodius, the Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne, and Father Epiphanius, the Patriarchal Deacon, served the prayer in Ukrainian and Greek.