During the period between the 21st to the 25th of September/ 4th to 8th October 2013, the Patriarchate of Serbia celebrated the 1700th anniversary of the Edictum Mediolanense, issued by Constantine the Great (in 313 AD) who hailed from the…
On Friday, the 14th/27th of September 2013, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated in great magnificence and glory the Exaltation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross, in remembrance of the fact that after it was found on the hill of the…
The feast of the Nativity of Theotokos was celebrated, due to pastoral reasons, at a day’s delay, on Sunday the 9th/22nd of September 2013, in the Church dedicated to the Nativity of Theotokos in the town of Beit Jala. The…
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 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…
The feast of Prophet Elijah the Thesbite, celebrated on the 20th of July each year, was honoured by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Saturday the 21st of July/3rd of August 2013, due to pastoral reasons. The celebration took place at…
On Sunday the 15th/28th of July 2013, a Joint Patriarchal, Primatial and Hieratic Service was held in the Square of the Kiev Caves Cathedrals of Lavra. The exquisite Church of Lavra is dedicated to the Dormition of Theotokos. Its first…
Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, Sunday 28 July 2013. “Your Holiness, my dear Βrother in Christ and Concelebrant, Kyril, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Your Beatitudes, Your Eminences, Your Graces, Venerable Fathers, Beloved Monastics, Esteemed Members of the Government…
