On Wednesday the 23rd of October/5th of November 2014, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the glorious St James the Brother of God, first Hierarch of the Church of Jerusalem, at the Cathedral dedicated to his name, which in fact…
On Friday, the 18th/31st of October 2014, H.B. Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, held a memorial service for the repose of the soul of Said Houri, Greek Orthodox servant of God, at the Sacred Cavern of the Nativity…
On Sunday, the 13th/26th of October 2014, the Patriarchate commemorated the translation of the relics of Hosios Savvas the Consecrated to his Holy Monastery in the desert of Judea, on the right bank of the Kidron torrent which flows from…
On Monday the 7th/20th of October 2014, His Beatitude, Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem, blessed the monastic habit of Arab-speaking Mr John Atras and Russian-speaking Mr Sergei Denisenkov, both of Nazareth, in the presence of the Most Reverend Kyriakos, Metropolitan of…
On Sunday, the 29th of September/12th of October 2014, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth, celebrating his name-day in memory of Hosios Kyriakos the Anachorite, also celebrated the golden jubilee of his prelacy, namely fifty years of fruitful and…
On Saturday, the 28th of September/11th of October 2014, after Archbishop Demetrios of Lydda led the morning Divine Liturgy on the Horrendous Golgotha, a memorial service was held for the late Principal, f. Photios Kiousis, forty days after his passing….
On Tuesday, the 24th of September/7th of October 2014, the Patriarchate celebrated the memory of St Thekla the Protomartyr, a disciple of the Apostle Paul, at the 16th century Chapel dedicated to her, within the Central Monastery. His Beatitude Theophilos…
On Sunday, the 15th/28th of September 2014, the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the exaltation of the Cross was celebrated at the Chapel of the Holy Cross, in Nazareth. The chapel lies within a plot of the…
On Sunday, the 15th/28th of September 2014, the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was celebrated by the Patriarchate at the Holy Monastery of the Cross, which lies in…
On Saturday, the 14th/27th of September 2014, the Patriarchate observed the feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Venerable Cross. The feast commemorates the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ on Golgotha for our salvation, and the exaltation of the…
