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ADDRESS TO THE HEADS OF THE CHURCHES & THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES OF THE HOLY LAND ON THE OCCASION OF THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY.
9 January 2016 Your Beatitudes, Your Excellencies, Your Eminences, Beloved Members of our Respective Churches and Communities, Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We greet you with these words of joy: Today heaven and earth are united, for...
Read MoreADDRESS TO THE FRANCISCAN CUSTODY OF THE HOLY LAND ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR FRATERNAL VISIT TO THE PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM FOR THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY.
9 January 2016 Your Excellency, dear Father Pierbattista, Your Eminences, Beloved Members of our respective Brotherhoods, Reverend Fathers, We welcome you warmly to the Rum Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Your Excellency, and we thank you for your gracious...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF THE SYNAXIS OF THEOTOKOS AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Friday, the 26th of December 2015/8th of January 2016, the day after Christmas, the Synaxis of Theotokos, namely the gathering of the faithful in order to pay special tribute to Theotokos as contributor to God’s work for our salvation...
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THE FEAST OF THE SYNAXIS OF THEOTOKOS IN THE VILLAGE OF THE SHEPHERDS – BEIT SAHOUR
On Friday, the 26th of December 2015/8th of January 2016, the day after Christmas, the Synaxis of Theotokos was celebrated in the Village of the Shepherds, Beit-Sahour. There is, in the town, a church dedicated to Theotokos, together with a...
Read MoreMS MOROPOULOU DELIVERS REPORT ON THE CONSERVATION OF THE HOLY AEDICULA
On Friday, the 26th of December 2015/8th of January 2016, Ms Antonia Moropoulou, professor at the NTUA, met at the Patriarchate with Patriarch Theophilos, the representative of the Franciscans in Jerusalem, f. Athanasios Makoras, and the representative of the Armenian...
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CHRISTMAS VIGIL AT THE BASILICA OF THE NATIVITY (2016)
The feast of Christmas was celebrated by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Thursday, 25th of December 2015/7th of January 2016, in the town where our Lord Jesus Christ was born in the flesh, namely Jerusalem and the Grotto of the...
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