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THE PROCESSION OF THE GREAT HOURS OF THEOPHANY
According to the typical order of the Church, which provides that when the feast of Theophany falls on a Sunday, the Great Hours are read out on Friday, the Great Hours of Theophany were read out on Friday the 4th/17th...
Read MoreCUTTING ST BASIL-PIE AT SCHOOL OF SION
On the Wednesday which followed New Year’s Day, namely the 2nd/15th of January 2014, the cutting of St Basil-pie took place at the School of St Sion, by his Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jeusalem, in the context...
Read MoreREPRESENTATIVES OF JERUSALEM WAQF VISIT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Wednesday, the 2nd/15th of January 2014, a group of representatives of the Haram al-Sharif – Temple of Solomon Waqf visited the Patriarchate under Azam Hadib. They were accompanied by the Jordan representative to Jerusalem on Christian and Muslim Sites...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE LORD AND THE FEAST OF ST BASIL
On the 1st/14th of January 2014, the Despotiki (of the Lord) feast of Christ’s circumcision by flesh, and of the memory of St Basil, Archbishop of Caesarea and Cappadocia, the ‘one disclosing heaven’, was celebrated during a nocturnal divine Liturgy...
Read MoreCUTTING ST BASIL-PIE AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On the evening of Monday the 31st of December, the last day of the year 2013/13th of January 2014, the custom of cutting St Basil-pie was observed at the Hall of the Patriarchate. His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF ST MELANIE AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Monday the 31st of December, the last day of the church year 2013/13th January 2014, the feast of Hosia Melanie of Rome was celebrated by the Patriarchate at the chapel dedicated to her, within the Holy Monastery of the...
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