HIS BEATITUDE THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM BLESSES THE RELIGIOUS GARMENTS OF TWO PROSPECTIVE CLERICS

On Monday the 7^th/20^th of October 2014, His Beatitude, Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem, blessed the monastic habit of Arab-speaking Mr John Atras and Russian-speaking Mr Sergei Denisenkov, both of Nazareth, in the presence of the Most Reverend Kyriakos, Metropolitan of Nazareth, in accordance with an earlier decision of the Holy and Sacred Synod. The blessing was performed in anticipation of their ordination as deacons, intended to serve our Greek Orthodox, Arab-speaking and Russian-speaking flock in Nazareth.

From the Secretariat-General