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ST JOHN HOSTEL SETTLERS VIOLATE PILGRIMAGE STATUS AGAIN
On Sunday, the 31st of October/13th of November and Monday the 1st/14th of November 2016, settlers-invaders of St John Hostel, members of the Ateret Cohanim organization, misinterpreting and distorting a temporary agreement signed between the Patriarchate’s legal consultants and their...
Read MorePASTORAL VISIT OF HIS BEATITUDE THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM IN MAFRAQ, JORDAN
On Saturday, the 30th of October/12th of November 2016, H.B. Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, crossed the bridge of the River Jordan to arrive at the Patriarchate’s Bishopric in Amman, from where He left for the city of Mafraq, Northern Jordan....
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF ST DEMETRIUS THE GREAT MARTYR IN RAFFIDIA, SAMARIA
On Friday, the 29th of October/11th of November 2016, the feast of St Demetrius the Myrrh-Streamer was observed belatedly at St Demetrius church in Raffidia, at a short distance from Jacob’s well, in Nablus, Samaria. In this church, built by...
Read MoreTHE RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION
On the night of Wednesday, the 27th of October/9th of November 3026, His Excellency the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited the Church of the Resurrection. Mr Medvedev was welcomed in the Court of the Church by Patriarch Theophilos of...
Read MoreISRAELI SETTLERS VIOLATE STATUS QUO IN THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION
On the morning of Tuesday, the 26th of October/8th of November, St Demetrius feast-day, Israeli settlers, members of the Ateret Cohanim extreme right organization, striving to liberate the Holy Land from non-Jewish elements and, in the same spirit, seizing Patriarchal...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF ST DEMETRIUS THE GREAT MARTYR AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Tuesday, the 26th of October/8th of November 2016, the Patriarchate celebrated the memory of the glorious great martyr, St Demetrius of Thessaloniki, the Myrrh-Streamer, at the chapel dedicated to his name, that stands between the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood and St...
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