On Monday, the 7th/20th of January 2014, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, represented by the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, reciprocated the Armenians’ visit on the occasion of Christmas, celebrated according to the very ancient Byzantine custom, together with the feast of Theophany. The…
Jerusalem, 20 January 2014 Your Beatitude, Your Eminences, Your Graces, Members of the Brotherhood of Saint James, Dear Brothers, We greet you with congratulations on the celebration of the Feast of the Nativity, according to the Armenian calendar, and we…
On Sunday the 6th/19th of January 2014, the feast of Theophany was celebrated by the Patriarchate according to its typical order and the status of veneration at the All Holy Church of the Resurrection. Upon His descent from the Patriarchate…
I. In Jerusalem On Saturday, the 5th/18th of January 2014, namely the eve of Theophany, His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, led the Matins, the divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom and the procession of the Lesser…
Jericho, the 5th/18th of January 2014. Your Excellency, the Governor of Jericho, Your Eminences, Your Excellency, the Consul-General of Greece, The Holy Land and especially the Land of the very ancient city of Jericho, with its sacred river Jordan, is…
According to the typical order of the Church, which provides that when the feast of Theophany falls on a Sunday, the Great Hours are read out on Friday, the Great Hours of Theophany were read out on Friday the 4th/17th…
On the Wednesday which followed New Year’s Day, namely the 2nd/15th of January 2014, the cutting of St Basil-pie took place at the School of St Sion, by his Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jeusalem, in the context…
On Wednesday, the 2nd/15th of January 2014, a group of representatives of the Haram al-Sharif – Temple of Solomon Waqf visited the Patriarchate under Azam Hadib. They were accompanied by the Jordan representative to Jerusalem on Christian and Muslim Sites…
On the 1st/14th of January 2014, the Despotiki (of the Lord) feast of Christ’s circumcision by flesh, and of the memory of St Basil, Archbishop of Caesarea and Cappadocia, the ‘one disclosing heaven’, was celebrated during a nocturnal divine Liturgy…
On the evening of Monday the 31st of December, the last day of the year 2013/13th of January 2014, the custom of cutting St Basil-pie was observed at the Hall of the Patriarchate. His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch…
