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General

5508 B.C The Creation of the World
2107 B.C The Foundation of the city of Jerusalem
950 B.C The Temple of Solomon is built
586 B.C Nebuchadrezzar II destroys The Temple
332 B.C Great Alexander enters Jerusalem
20 B.C The building of the Temple by Herod starts
33 A.D The foundation of the Church of Christ
49 The Apostolic Synod in Jerusalem
70 The destruction of the city of Jerusalem by emperor Titus
135 The Temple is rebuilt by emperor Adrianus
451 The elevation of the Vicariate of Jerusalem to the status of a Patriarchate by the 4th Ecumenical Synod in Chalcedon
614 The sack of the city of Jerusalem by the Persians
630 The triumphant entry in the city of Jerusalem of the emperor Heraclius
638 The sack of Jerusalem by the Arabs
1054 The Great Schism between Western and Eastern Churches
1099 The sack of Jerusalem by the Crusaders
1187 The sack of Jerusalem by Salahadin
1517 The seizure of Jerusalem from the Turks
1517 The Reformation movement by Luther
1542 The construction of today’s walls of Jerusalem by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
1589 The establishment of the Russian Patriarchate
1672 The synod in Bethlehem and Jerusalem under the Patriarch Dositheos
1856 The Paris conference ratifies the Regime over the Holy Pilgrimages
1875 The Regulation of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
1914 The declaration of World War I
1917 The British seize Palestine
1917 The reorganization of the Russian Patriarchate
1922 The reorganization of the Serbian Patriarchate
1925 The establishment of the Rumanian Patriarchate
1939 The declaration of World War II
1945 The end for the Bulgarian Schism
1945 The restructuring of the Patriarchate of Bulgaria
1945 The foundation of the United Nations Organization
1948 The foundation of the United Nations Organization
1951 Celebrations for the 1500 yrs of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
1958 The Statute of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
1961 1st Pan-orthodox Synod in Rhodes
1963 1000 years of Mount Athos
1963 2nd Pan-orthodox synod in Rhodes
1964 3rd Pan-orthodox synod in Rhodes
1964 Meeting between the Patriarch of Jerusalem Benedict and Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem
1965 The recovery of the Relics of St Savvas the sanctified by Venice back to his monastery
1966 Pan-orthodox conference of the Theological committee in Belgrade
1968 4th Pan-orthodox Conference in Geneva
1976 First Pro-synodical conference in Geneva
1980 Start of the Dialogue between Orthodox and Roman Catholics in Patmos and Rhodes
1981 Start of the Dialogue between Orthodox and the World Lutheran Federation in Helsinki Finland
1982 2nd Pro-synodical Conference in Geneva
1986 3rd Pro-synodical Conference in Geneva
1986 Celebrations for the 1600 years anniversary of St Cyril of Jerusalem and Pan-orthodox prayer for peace
2000 Pan-orthodox celebrations for the 2000 years since the birth of Christ in Jerusalem and Bethlehem