On the occasion of the Easter holiday celebrated by the Orthodox world, Yusuf Çetin, the Acting Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, hosted an official reception at the Patriarchate. The reception was attended by the deputy governor of Istanbul, Ozlem Bozkurt, as well as civil authorities, business people, academics, and spiritual leaders. Cafer Okray, the Secretary-General of the Marmara Group Foundation, and Rahmi Dilek, a member of the Board of Trustees, were also present at the official reception.