THE FEAST OF SAINT BASIL AT THE HOLY MONASTERY OF SAINT BASIL

On Tuesday, 1st / 14th January 2025, the memory of Saint Basil the Great, the Heavenly Manifestor, was celebrated at his Holy Monastery, located near the New Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem, under the care, preparation, and hospitality of the Hegumen and Elder Kamarasis, Archimandrite Nektarios. The celebration included Vespers in the evening and the Divine Liturgy in the morning, officiated by the Master of Ceremonies of the Patriarchate, Archimandrite Bartholomew, with the chanting of the nuns of the Patriarchate and the collective prayers of monks, nuns, and faithful Jerusalemites.

During the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, visited the Holy Monastery, accompanied by members of the Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood, for veneration.

From the General Secretariat