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SERVICE OF THE GREAT HOURS OF THEOPHANY (2015)
Matins was performed and the Great Hours of Theophany read on Friday the 3rd/16th of January 2015, as this year the feast falls on a Monday. The service was led by Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem, who read the Gospel of...
Read MoreTHE FEASTS OF THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE LORD AND OF ST BASIL AT THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION
From the midnight of Tuesday the 31st of December 2014/13th of January 2015, to 3:00 am of the 1st/14th of January 2015, Matins and the Divine Liturgy were held for the despotic feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and...
Read MoreFIRE BROKE OUT AT CAPERNAUM MONASTERY
At the dawn of Wednesday the 1st/14th of January 2015, fire broke out in three rooms opposite the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul in the Monastery of Capernaum. The fire was caused by a short circuit. Because of...
Read MoreCUTTING ST BASIL’S PIE AT THE PATRIARCHATE – 2015
At 5:00 pm on New Year’s Eve, namely Tuesday the 31st of December 2014/13th of January 2015, the pie-cutting ceremony took place at the Patriarchate’s Hall of Events. At the beginning of the ceremony, Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem addressed guests...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF SAINT MELANIA AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Tuesday, the 31st of December 2014/3rd of January 2015, the last day of the year 2014, the feast of Saint Melania of Rome was celebrated by the Patriarchate at the chapel dedicated to her, within the Monastery of the...
Read MoreVISITS TO THE PATRIARCHATE ON THE OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS
On Friday, the 27th of December/9th of January 2015, the day commemorating St Stephen the Protomartyr, representatives of the Christian Communities in Jerusalem visited the Patriarchate, in reciprocation for the visits they received on the occasion of their Christmas. In...
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