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MAFRAQ YOUTH COMMUNITY VISITS THE PATRIARCHATE
On Thursday, the 26th of September/9th of October 2014, a group of pilgrims consisting of approximately 50 young men and women, from the flock of the Mafraq Community in Northern Jordan, visited the Patriarchate. They were accompanied by the Patriarchal...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF ST THEKLA THE PROTOMARTYR OBSERVED AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Tuesday, the 24th of September/7th of October 2014, the Patriarchate celebrated the memory of St Thekla the Protomartyr, a disciple of the Apostle Paul, at the 16th century Chapel dedicated to her, within the Central Monastery. His Beatitude Theophilos...
Read MoreHIS BEATITUDE THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM CONFERS THE MONASTIC HABIT ON SCHOOL NOVICES
On Thursday, the 19th of September/2nd of October 2014, H.B. Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, blessed the monastic habit of Panayiotis Bouzas and Stavros Doukas, novices at the Patriarchal School of Sion, pointing out that as men of the cloth and...
Read MoreTHE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS OBSERVED AT THE CHAPEL OF THE CROSS IN NAZARETH
On Sunday, the 15th/28th of September 2014, the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the exaltation of the Cross was celebrated at the Chapel of the Holy Cross, in Nazareth. The chapel lies within a plot of the...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS AT THE HOLY MONASTERY OF THE CROSS
On Sunday, the 15th/28th of September 2014, the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was celebrated by the Patriarchate at the Holy Monastery of the Cross, which lies in...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF THE UNIVERSAL EXALTATION OF THE VENERABLE CROSS (2014)
On Saturday, the 14th/27th of September 2014, the Patriarchate observed the feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Venerable Cross. The feast commemorates the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ on Golgotha for our salvation, and the exaltation of the...
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