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BLESSING OF THE WATERS IN THE JORDAN RIVER TO TAKE PLACE ON HOLY WEDNESDAY
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem informs the Managers of Pilgrimage Agencies and all pilgrims that, this year, the venerating baptismal in the Jordan river will be performed on Holy Wednesday, namely the 3rd/16th of April 2014, at 11:00 am. All those...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF ST GERASIMUS OF THE JORDAN (2014)
On Monday, the 4th/17th of March 2014, the memory of St Gerasimus of the Jordan was celebrated by the Patriarchate at the Monastery founded by him in the desert of the West Bank of the river Jordan. The monastery was...
Read MoreNAME DAY OF HIS BEATITUDE THEOPHILOS III, PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM
On Sunday the 3rd/16th of March 2014, Second Sunday of the Fasting Period, the Name Day of His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem was celebrated by postponement. The 9th of March commemorates St Theophilos, one of the...
Read MoreISRAELI MINISTER OF TOURISM VISITS PATRIARCHATE
On Tuesday the 26th of February/11th of March 2014, the Israeli Minister of Tourism, Mr Landau Uzi, accompanied by associates of his, visited the Patriarchate. The Honourable Minister was received by His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem,...
Read MoreSUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY AT THE PHANAR
On Sunday, the 24th of February/ 9th of March 2014, the Sunday of the Orthodoxy, a Joint Panegyrical Liturgy was held in the Church of St George at the Phanar, by participants in the Pan-Orthodox Synaxis. His Beatitude Irinej, Patriarch...
Read MoreSUNDAY OF THE ORTHODOXY AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Sunday the 24th of February/9th of March 2014, the Patriarchate celebrated the Sunday of the Orthodoxy, commemorating the restoration of the icons by pious emperors Michael and Theodora, following one and a half centuries of persecutions by the iconoclasts....
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