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THE FEAST OF ST MODESTUS AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Wednesday, the 18th/31st of December 2014, the Patriarchate observed the memory of Our Father Modestus, Patriarch of Jerusalem, at the chapel dedicated to his name on the hill of Abu Tor, opposite St Sion in Southern Jerusalem. St Modestus...
Read MoreRECEPTION AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE OF ISRAEL ON THE ADVENT OF 2015
On Tuesday, the 17th/30th of December 2014, the Annual Reception of the Heads of Christian Churches in the Holy Land took place at the Presidential Palace of Israel on the advent of the new year 2015. The meeting was hosted...
Read MoreHIS BEATITUDE ADDRESS AT THE ANNUAL RECEPTION ON THE EVE OF THE NEW YEAR IN HONOR OF THE HEADS OF CHURCHES, HOSTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL.
30 December 2014 Address at the Annual Reception on the Eve of the New Year in honour of the Heads of the Churches hosted by His Honour Mr. Reuven Rivlin the President of Israel with the Honourable Gilad Arden, Minister...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF THE HOLY FOREFATHERS AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Sunday, the 15th/28th of December 2014, namely the Sunday of the Forefathers, the memory of the ancestors, according to the flesh, of our Lord Jesus Christ, was celebrated at the Patriarchate. Patriarch Abraham was the first to receive the...
Read MoreHAGIOTAPHITE FATHERS VISIT CHRISTIAN CHURCHES ON THE OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS
On Thursday, the 14th/27th of December 2014, the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, headed by His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, visited local Christian Churches in Jerusalem in celebration of Christmas according to the Gregorian calendar. The Hagiotaphite Brotherhood follows the Julian...
Read MoreHIS BEATITUDE SPEECH ON THE OCCASION OF THE CHRISTMAS VISIT TO THE FRANCISCAN CUSTODY
27 December 2014 Dear Father Pizzaballa. Your Eminences. Your Graces. Beloved Members of our Respective Fraternities, With the joy of the angels, we greet you after your celebration of the Feast of the Nativity with the words of...
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