The feast of Pascha was also celebrated in the Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood internally in the monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, on Monday of the Bright Week, April 23 / May 6, 2024.
Matins was followed by a solemn Divine Liturgy, presided over by His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, as the service was officiated by the Typicon Keeper of the Holy Church, Archimandrite Alexios and Archdeacon Mark.
The Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem, Mr Dimitrios Angelosopoulos, the Consul, Mrs Anna Mantika, and the representatives of the Orthodox Churches, namely the Patriarchate of Moscow, the Russian Church of the Diaspora and the Patriarchate of Romania, attended this Liturgy as well as many pilgrims.
After the Divine Liturgy with the chanting of “Christ is Risen”, the Patriarchal Entourage dressed in the Liturgical vestments went up to the Patriarchate Reception Hall, the Polychronion of His Beatitude was chanted and followed by a festive treat, the Paschal greeting and the distribution of Paschal eggs by His Beatitude to the Fathers and the pilgrims, while of the choir of the Russian Pilgrimage Mission to Jerusalem (MISSIA) was chanting the resurrection hymns.