With the Grace of God, two young students, accepted to the Patriarchal School of Sion, were presented today, Saturday the 1st/ 14th of September 2013, before Our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos. Nektarios Siganos and Nikolaos Badekas, high school…
On the evening of Thursday, the 30th of August/12th of September 2013, the Prime Minister of Jordan, His Excellency Mr Abdullah Ensour, hosted a dinner in honour of His Beatitude Theophilos, Our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, at the Prime…
Between the 21st to the 22nd of August/3rd to 4th of September 2013, an international conference entitled “The Challenges facing Arab Christians” took place in Amman, Jordan, at the Hotel Royal, upon the initiative of His Majesty, King Abdullah of…
Amman, Jordan- 4 September 2013 Your Royal Highness, Your Beatitudes, Your Eminences, Your Graces, Reverend Fathers, Dear Sisters and Brothers, We meet together at this conference in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan at a crucial and delicate time in the…
The Baptism Site at Bethany-beyond-the Jordan, 3 September 2013 Your Excellencies, Your Eminences, Dear Friends, We gather today at this Holy Site in the aftermath of an important conference organized by His Majesty King Abdullah II on the…
On Friday the 17th/30th of August 2013, the new Archbishop of the Ethiopian Church in Jerusalem, Mr Daniel Ilma, visited the Patriarchate upon assuming office after the election of his predecessor, Archbishop Aba Mattias, as Patriarch of Ethiopia. The new…
On Tuesday the 16th/29th of August 2013, the Spiritual Center of the Bethlehem Pilgrimage was officially inaugurated. The Center is set up at a residence near the Basilica of the Nativity, and the Central Monastery of the Greek Orthodox…
On Tuesday the 31st of July/13th of August 2013, Mr Ryan Purnell, head of the Committee on Christian Affairs of the American Consulate in Jerusalem visited the Patriarchate upon assuming office. The American Consular officer was received by His Beatitude…
On Tuesday the 31st of July/13th of August 2013, the new Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem, Mr Georgios Zacharoudiakis, visited the Patriarchate upon assuming office. The Greek Consul General was received by His Beatitude Theophilos, Our Father and Patriarch…
On Thursday the 26th of July/8th of August 2013, a group of thirty members of the Arab-speaking (Rum Orthodox) congregation of the Patriarchate from various regions of Jordan visited the Patriarchate. The group was headed by Hieromonk f. Athanasios Kakis….
