THE SATURDAY OF SOULS AT THE PATRIARCHATE

On Saturday, June 9/22, 2024 the Patriarchate celebrated the Saturday of Souls according to the book of Pentecostarion.

On Friday afternoon, vespers was held at the Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, followed by the contrite Canon for the departed, presided over by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos with the co-prayer of the Holy Sepulchre Fathers. They prayed for the repose of the souls of the late Patriarchs, High Priests, Priests, Hierodeacons and monks, all members of the Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood.

On Saturday morning, the Managing Director of the School of Zion Archimandrite Mattheos celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Zion cemetery chapel. The memorial service was officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Theophaphes of Gerash, as the Orthodox Christians of Jerusalem had brought boiled wheat to be blessed for the repose of the souls of their loved departed who are buried there.

From the General Secretariat