THE SATURDAY OF THE SOULS AT THE PATRIARCHATE

The Saturday of the Souls was celebrated by the Patriarchate on May 29/ June 11, 2022, with the prayers for the repose of the souls of our departed fathers and brethren of old.

On Friday afternoon Vespers was held at the Church of Saint Constantine and Helen, where His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos led the Canon of the dead followed by the reading of the names of the departed Hagiotaphite Patriarchs, Archbishops, Priests, Hieromonks, Hierodeacons, monks and nuns.

On Saturday morning the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the chapel of the Holy Zion cemetery by His Eminence Archbishop Theophanes of Gerassa, the names of the departed Fathers, clergy and laity who are buried there were commemorated, and the Trisagion was read over their graves for the repose of their souls.

From Secretariat-General