On Thursday, December 5, 2024, the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Metropolis of Chicago attended Great Hierarchical Vespers for the Feast Day of our Father Among the Saints, Nicholas, the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra, at Saint Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church in Chicago. The vespers were presided over by the leader of the Albanian Orthodox Diocese of the Americas, His Grace Bishop Theophan of Philomelion, who flew in from Boston for the weekend. Multiple priests from the Metropolis of Chicago joined His Grace and Very Rev. Archimandrite Ignatios Kruja, protopresbyter at St. Nicholas. Also in attendance were Archon Jani Gjoni, who serves on the parish council at Saint Nicholas, and Archon Regional Commander John G. Manos.