VISITS TO HIS BEATITUDE 24-04-2024

On Wednesday, April 11th / 24th 2024, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos accepted:

1. The Architect of the Church of the Resurrection, Mr Theodosios Mitropoulos.
2. Mr Theodor Georgi as the Representative of the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv.
3. The Reverend Sani Azar, Archbishop of the Lutheran German-speaking Community in Jerusalem with a Delegation, in which the former Propst Rev. Wolfgang Schmidt participated.

His Beatitude thanked this Delegation for supporting the Christians of the Holy Land, especially in the current difficult war situation.

The former Propst Rev Wolfgang Schmidt, as a memento of the visit, offered His Beatitude a silver coin with an image of bread and wine in memory of the Holy Eucharist. His Beatitude offered him and the members of the Delegation an icon of the Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre and the Theotokos.

4. His Beatitude awarded the medal of the Cross of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre to Mr Savilov Viktor in appreciation of his work in the maintenance of icons of the Patriarchate and the chandeliers of the Church of the Resurrection.