The Patriarchal Commissioner in Qatar, His Eminence Makarios, Archbishop of Qatar, forwarded the following message to the Website of the Patriarchate, on the celebrations for the Holy Week and Easter in Qatar: “Within an atmosphere of piety and devoutness, the…
At midnight of the Great Saturday to Easter Sunday, the 6th to the 7th/19th to 20th of April 2014, the Matins service and the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom were held at the All-holy Church of the Resurrection. For…
At noon of the Holy Saturday, the 7th/19th of April 2014, the ceremony of the Holy Light took place at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in accordance with its typical order. This particular ceremony ranks among the most emotive and significant…
On the night of Holy Friday, the 5th/18th of April 2014, the devout and magnificent service of the Epitaphios was held at the All-holy Church of the Resurrection in remembrance of the Burial of our Lord Jesus Christ. The ceremony…
In the afternoon of Holy Friday, the 5th/18th of April 2014, Vespers for the Removal of Christ from the Cross was officiated at the katholikon of the Church of the Resurrection, led by His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch…
On the morning of Great Friday, namely the 5th/18th of April 2014, the service of the Royal (Great) Hours was observed on the Holy Golgotha. The service was read out after the opening of the Gate of the Church by…
On the evening of Thursday the 4th/17th of April 2014, the Service of the Passion, known as the Twelve Gospels Service, was conducted at the monastic Church of Sts Constantine and Helen, led by His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and…
On the morning of Holy Thursday, the 4th/17th of April 2014, after the Divine Liturgy of Great Basil at the Cathedral of St James the Brother of God, the procession of the Holy Maundy was conducted in the Holy Court…
On Holy Wednesday, the 3rd/16th of April 2014, the last Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified from this year’s Great Lent was held at the Monastic Church of Sts Constantine and Helen. His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, officiated at the…
In the evening of Palm Sunday, the 31st of March/13th of April 2014, the Services of the Bridegrooms began at the All-holy Church of the Resurrection, at the Monastic Church of Sts Constantine and Helen and other Monasteries of the…
