His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos received the following message from His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressing his concern over learning of the current fires engulfing several areas in Southern California. We are grateful to His All-Holiness for his care and concern.

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

His Eminence
Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

On the devastating fires currently plaguing your Eparchy, we express the sincere concern and profound sympathy of the Mother Church as well as personally, while we pray that the Lord may protect both you and your beloved, devout faithful from all calamity, leading all of you swiftly to renewal and restoration.

At the Phanar, on January 9, 2025,

Your Brother in Christ,
Patriarch Bartholomew