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THE SERVICE OF THE AKATHIST HYMN AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On the afternoon of Friday the 14th/27th of March 2015, the service of the Akathist Hymn was performed at the katholikon of the Church of the Resurrection, namely the reading anew of the four Stases of the Akathist Hymn in...
Read MoreSCHOOL CELEBRATIONS FOR GREEK NATIONAL DAY
On the afternoon of Wednesday, the 12th/25th of March 2015, the anniversary of the Greek Independence Day, namely the 25th of March 1821, was celebrated at the Patriarchal Hieratical School of the Patriarchate, on the hill of St Sion. The...
Read MoreDOXOLOGY ON GREEK NATIONAL DAY – 25TH OF MARCH
At 10:00 am on Wednesday, the 12th/25th of March 2015, Doxology was performed at the katholikon of the Church of the Resurrection on the anniversary of the 25th of March 1821, Greek national day. Doxology was performed as gratitude for...
Read MoreTHE NAME DAY OF HIS BEATITUDE THEOPHILOS, PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM
On Saturday the 8th/21st of March 2015, the Name Day of Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem was observed one day earlier than usual, on the commemoration of the Holy Forty Martyrs who had suffered a martyr’s death in Lake Sebaste of...
Read MoreTHE RANK OF ARCHIMANDRITE BESTOWED ON HAGIOTAPHITES
On Thursday, the 7th/19th of March 2015, Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem bestowed the rank of Archimandrite on the following Hagiotaphite hieromonks: Leontios, Hegoumen of the Community of Rafidia; Paisios, Hegoumen at the Monastery of the Prophet Elias; Makarios, Hegoumen at...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF ABBA GERASIMUS OF THE JORDAN
On Tuesday, the 4th/17th March of 2015, the Patriarchate observed the memory of Hosios Gerasimus of the Jordan at the Monastery founded by him during the 5th c. AD, in the desert of the West Bank of the Jordan River....
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