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HIS BEATITUDE ADDRESS TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR PASCHAL VISIT.
Jerusalem, 22 April 2014 Your Beatitudes, Your Eminences, Your Graces, Dear Members of our Respective Brotherhoods, Reverend Fathers, Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Shine, shine, new Jerusalem! For the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you. Rejoice and be...
Read MoreRENEWAL (BRIGHT) MONDAY AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Bright Monday, namely the 8th/21st of April 2014, the feast of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ was celebrated for the Hagiotaphite Fathers and pilgrims at the Holy Monastic Church of Sts Constantine and Helen. Officiating at the...
Read MoreTHE CEREMONY OF THE SECOND RESURRECTION AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Easter Sunday, the 7th/20th of April 2014, at 1:00 pm, the Hagiotaphite Fathers gathered in the Hall of the Throne. There, after the Paschal Embrace and while Archimandrite Aristovoulos, Head Cantor of the Church of the Resurrection, chanted the...
Read MoreTHE HOLY WEEK AND EASTER IN QATAR
The Patriarchal Commissioner in Qatar, His Eminence Makarios, Archbishop of Qatar, forwarded the following message to the Website of the Patriarchate, on the celebrations for the Holy Week and Easter in Qatar: “Within an atmosphere of piety and devoutness, the...
Read MoreTHE CEREMONY OF THE RESURRECTION AT THE PATRIARCHATE
At midnight of the Great Saturday to Easter Sunday, the 6th to the 7th/19th to 20th of April 2014, the Matins service and the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom were held at the All-holy Church of the Resurrection. For...
Read MoreTHE CEREMONY OF THE HOLY LIGHT AT THE PATRIARCHATE
At noon of the Holy Saturday, the 7th/19th of April 2014, the ceremony of the Holy Light took place at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in accordance with its typical order. This particular ceremony ranks among the most emotive and significant...
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