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ADDRESS OF H.B.TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTONOMY AT A RECEPTION ON THE OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS 2013
Bethlehem, 24 December 2013/ 6 January 2014 Your Excellency, President of the Palestinian State Honorable Representative of the King of Jordan, Ladies and Gentlemen, The city of Bethlehem is the physical and spiritual symbol of God’s philanthropy, namely of peace...
Read MoreTHE MEMORIAL OF HAGIOTAPHITE FATHERS
On the Sunday which preceded the Nativity of Christ, the 23rd of December/5th of January 2014, a Memorial for Hagiotaphite Fathers was performed in the All-holy Church of the Resurrection. Leading the divine Liturgy prior to the Memorial, was His...
Read MoreCHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AT ST DEMETRIUS SCHOOL
On Saturday the 22nd of December 2013/4th of January 2013, a Christmas celebration took place for the younger students of the Patriarchal School of St Demetrius, housed at the Patriarchate. Attending the celebration was His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and...
Read MoreCHRISTMAS CAROLS BY “KING JESUS” CHOIR, BETHLEHEM
On Friday the 21st of December 2013/3rd of January 2014, a concert was performed by the Orthodox choir of “King Jesus” under the spiritual guidance of the Patriarchal Commissioner in Bethlehem, Archbishop Theophylaktos of Jordan, the direction of Greek Orthodox...
Read MoreTHE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM CONDEMNS TERRORIST ACTS IN VOLGOGRAD
On Tuesday the 18th/31st of December 2013, His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, sent His Holiness Cyril, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, the following epistle: Your Holiness Cyril, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, in Christ...
Read MoreTHE ANNUAL SWEEPING OF BETHLEHEM BASILICA, 2013
On Tuesday the 18th/31st of December 2013, the annual sweeping-cleaning of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem took place, according to the standing regime of veneration. The responsibility for the aforementioned sweeping rests with the three Major Christian Communities,...
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