On Sunday the 16th/29th of December 2013, the Feast of the Holy Forefathers was observed in commemoration of the Forefathers, according to the flesh, of our Lord Jesus Christ, who lived before the Law and under the Law, namely Abraham…
On Thursday the 6th/19th of December 2013, the feast of St Nikolas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra, Lycia, was celebrated at the church dedicated to him in the town of Bet-Jala, which lies between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, to the right…
JERUSALEM, Sunday 15 December 2013. Your Eminence Bishop Younan Mounib, Reverend Dr. Nikolaus Shneider, Head of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Reverend Propst Wolfgang Schmidt, Dear friends, Christ is born; glorify Him! Christ comes from…
Jaffa, Sunday, 8, December 2013 Mr. Mayor, Your Eminences, Distinguished Civic and Community Representatives, Esteemed Leaders of the Religious Communities, Reverend Fathers, Ladies and Gentlemen We greet you with joy today as we gather here in the Season…
On Thursday the 15th/28th of November 2013, the Hieromartyr Saint Philoumenos the Hagiotaphite was commemorated one day in advance due to pastoral reasons. The feast was celebrated at Jacob’s Well, where the then Hegoumen, Archimandrite Philoumenos, had suffered a martyr’s…
On Friday the 9th/22nd of November 2013, the eighth anniversary of His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, was celebrated by the Patriarchate. On the occasion of the anniversary, a Doxology service was held in the All-Holy Church…
On Thursday the 8th/21st of November 2013, the feast of the Gathering of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel was celebrated by the Patriarchate. The feast was firstly celebrated in the city of Joppe, where the Patriarchate maintains a Holy Monastery…
Jerusalem, Monday 18-11-2013 Honorable Mayor Nir Barkat, We are gathered here today to welcome your new term as Mayor, and it is our pleasure to extend to you, on behalf of the Jerusalem Christian community and on behalf of…
On Saturday the 3rd/16th of November 2013, the feast of the translation of the relics of St George the Trophy-Bearer and Great-Martyr was celebrated in the Holy Church dedicated to him in Lydda. The Holy Church of St George was…
On Saturday the 27th of October/9th of November 2013, His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, performed the divine Liturgy in the city of Ib’lin (Abelin), in Northern Israel, where the Patriarchate preserves a Rum Orthodox Community, numbering…
