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PRIEST’S ORDINATION AT THE PATRIARCHATE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Tuesday night, December 20, 2023 / January 2, 2024, on the commemoration of the Bishop of Antioch, Saint Ignatius the God-bearer, Hierodeacon Anastasios from the Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified was ordained as a Priest by the Elder...
Read MoreMEETING OF PILGRIM COMMITTEES
On Tuesday, December 20, 2023 / January 2, 2024, a meeting of the three Committees of the Status Quo, Orthodox, Franciscan and Armenian, took place in the Patriarchate to study and agree on the continuation of conservative works around the...
Read MoreTHE ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE FATHERS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, December 18/31, 2023 the annual memorial service of the Holy Sepulchre Fathers, Patriarchs, Bishops, Priests, Hieromonks, monks and nuns was held at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Liturgy was officiated by...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM SAINT MODESTOS AT THE PATRIARCHATE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Saturday, December 17/30, 2023, the commemoration of Saint Modestos, Patriarch of Jerusalem was celebrated at the Holy Monastery named after him, at the site on the hill of Abu Tor, separated from the hill of Saint Zion by the...
Read MoreMONK’S TONSURE AND NOVICES’ CASSOCK BLESSING AT THE PATRIARCHATE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On the 13th/26th of December 2023, in the chapel of the Holy Pentecost in the hall of the Patriarchate, H.H.B our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos held a monk’s tonsure for novice Andreas Hatzistabulidis, giving him the name Alexander....
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF SAINT SPYRIDON BISHOP OF TRIMYTHUS THE WONDERWORKER AT THE PATRIARCHATE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Monday, December 12/25, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of our holy Father Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythus the Wonderworker, in his holy Monastery, located in the Old City of Jerusalem near the Damascus Gate. During this feast, the Church...
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