THE FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF SAINT ANNA AT THE PATRIARCHATE

On Monday, July 25 / August 7, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the memory of the Dormition of Saint Anna in the holy Monastery outside the Gate of Saint Stephen, inside the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem.

On this feast, the Church commemorates the event of the Dormition of Saint Anna, whose prayer moved God’s mercy and gave her, who was barren until then, as the fruit of the womb the Most Holy Theotokos and Mother of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus of Christ.

In honour of Saint Anna, a Vespers was held in the above-mentioned Holy Monastery in the evening and the Divine Liturgy in the morning under His Eminence the Archbishop Filoumenos of Pella, with Archimandrite Christodoulos and Archdeacon Mark.

After the Divine Liturgy, the Hegoumen Archimandrite Meletios offered a reception at the hegoumeneion.

From Secretariat-General