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THE NATIVITY OF THE FORERUNNER CELEBRATED AT THE PATRIARCHATE 2016
On Thursday, the 24th of June/7th of July 2016, the Patriarchate celebrated the Nativity of St John the Baptist. On this day, the Church commemorates the birth of John the Baptist to his barren mother Elisabeth, wife to the Prophet...
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On Sunday, the 20th of June/3rd of July 2016, the Patriarchate observed the memory of the saints who had lived and died in Palestine, namely saints of the Old and New Testament, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, Preachers, Evangelists, both...
Read MoreTHE HOLY BISHOPRIC OF HIERAPYTNA AND SITIA VISITS THE PATRIARCHATE
On Sunday, the 20th of June/3rd of July 2016, a group of seventy pilgrims from the Holy Bishopric of Hierapytna and Sitia of the Church of Crete visited the Patriarchate. They were headed by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Evgenios. Clerics...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF THE PROPHET ELISHA AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Monday, the 14th/27th of June 2016, the Patriarchate observed the memory of the Prophet Elisha at the Monastery dedicated to his name in Jericho, near the sycamore tree where Zacchaeus the tax collector had climbed to see the Lord...
Read MoreJOINT LITURGY BY THE GREAT SYNOD ON ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY
On the morning of Sunday, the 13th/26th of June 2016, All Saints’ Day for the Orthodox Church, celebrated one day after the conclusion of the proceedings of the Great Synod of Orthodoxy at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, Liturgy was...
Read MoreSUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Sunday, the 11th/26th of June 2016, eight days after the feast of the Pentecost, the Patriarchate observed All-Saints day. A chapel dedicated to all the saints stands within the Monastery of Panaghia Seida Naya in the Christian quarter. There,...
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