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HOLY WATER RITE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AT THE SCHOOL OF SION
On Thursday the 23rd/12th of September 2015, His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, performed the holy water rite on the occasion of the new school year 2015-2016 at the Hieratical Patriarchal School of St Sion. In attendance were the President...
Read MoreDEACON ORDAINED AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the 9th to 10th/22nd to 23rd of September 2015, during a nocturnal divine Liturgy at the All-holy and Life-giving Sepulchre of the Lord, Hagiotaphite Monk f. Synesios Voukas, was ordained deacon by His...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THEOTOKOS AT THE PATRIARCHATE
A. In Beit Jala The Nativity of Theotokos, customarily celebrated on the 8th/21st of September each year, this year was observed on Sunday the 7th/20th of September at the Church of the Nativity of Theotokos, of the Greek Orthodox Arabic-speaking...
Read MoreMR SAEED AL-NAJAR VISITS THE PATRIARCHATE
On Tuesday, the 2nd/15th of September 2015, Mr Saeed Najar, judge in the Bethlehem region, visited the Patriarchate. He was accompanied by f. Issa Mousleh, the Patriarchate’s representative to Arabic-speaking Mass Media, Palestinian officials and Mr Tanas (Athanasios) Abu-Aeta, a...
Read MoreTHE PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR TO CANADA VISITS THE PATRIARCHATE
On Monday, the 1st/14th of September 2015, the feast-day of the new ecclesiastical year or the Indiction, the future Representative of the Palestinian State to Canada, Mr Nabil Marouf, visited the Patriarchate with his esteemed wife. Mr Marouf was warmly...
Read MoreUKRAINIAN YOUTHS VISIT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Saturday, the 30th of August/12th of September 2015, a group of twenty youths from Ukraine, accompanied by the Ambassador of the Palestinian Autonomy to Ukraine, Mr Muhammad Asad, visited the Patriarchate. They were welcomed by H.B. Theophilos, Patriarch of...
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