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HIS BEATITUDE ADDRESS AT THE INTER-DISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON THE MUSICAL MANUSCRIPTS OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM.
3-7-2015 Distinguished Members of the Scholarly Team, Respected Participants in this Conference, Your Eminences, Ladies and Gentlemen, We greet you at the beginning of this important conference with the words of the Psalmist: I will sing to the...
Read MoreARABIC-SPEAKING GREEK ORTHODOX FROM FHES, JORDAN, VISIT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Thursday, the 19th of June/2nd of July 2015, a group of fifty Arabic-speaking Greek Orthodox faithful from the city of Fhes, Jordan, a suburb of Amman, visited the Patriarchate. They were headed by their vicar, Steward Jiriesh. The members...
Read MoreHIS BEATITUDE THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM LAYS FOUNDATION STONE IN THE COMMUNITY OF ZBABDE
On Sunday, the 15th/28th of June 2015, H.B. Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, led the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Greek Orthodox Arabic-speaking Community of the town of Zbabde. The town lies at half an hour’s drive from Jacob’s...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF ELISHA THE PROPHET IN JERICHO
On Saturday, the 14th/27th of June 2015, the Patriarchate observed the memory of the prophet Elisha in Jericho, at the Monastery dedicated to his name, on the site of the sycamore fig-tree where Zacchaeus had climbed to see Christ (Luke...
Read MoreST ONOUPHRIOS FEAST AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Thursday, the 12th/25th of June 2015, the Patriarchate celebrated the memory of Hosios Onouphrios the Egyptian at the Monastery dedicated to him, opposite the Pool of Siloam on the foothills of Abu Tor. St Onouphrios had lived a rigidly...
Read MoreTHE PATRIARCH’S SCHEDULE OF VISITS BETWEEN 5/18-11/24 2015
During the period between the 5th/18th of June and the 11th/24th of June 2015, Patriarch Theophilos welcomed the following visitors at the Patriarchate: On the 5th/18th of June, the American Consul to Jerusalem, Mr Michael Ratney, who offered His Beatitude...
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