DEACON’S ORDINATION AT THE PATRIARCHATE

 On the morning of Friday, December 31, 2022 / January 13, 2023, Mr Stavros Jihad Aranki, from the town of Taibe, who studied in Greece and is distinguished for his reverence and excellent command of the Greek language, was ordained a deacon by the Most Reverend Archbishop Philoumenos of Pella during the Divine Liturgy at the Horrendous Golgotha. The ordination was in accordance with the decision of H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and the Holy and Sacred Synod so that Mr Aranki will serve at the Arab Orthodox Community of Birzet.

The ordained was accompanied by his wife and relatives, who, after the Hagiotaphite Fathers, prayed for him.

The ordained was addressed by the ordaining Archpriest, His Eminence Archbishop Filoumenos of Pella, and he also counter-addressed His Eminence in Greek and in Arabic.

After the ordination, the newly-ordained Deacon paid his respects to His Beatitude in the Patriarchate.

From Secretariat-General