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HIS BEATITUDE ADDRESS AT THE HOLIDAY RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL
Jerusalem, 30 December 2013. Mr President, Our Fellow Heads of the Churches and Religious Leaders, Esteemed Members of the Government, Ladies and Gentlemen, At this festive and holy season, we greet you with words from the Psalmist: May...
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SUNDAY OF THE FOREFATHERS CELEBRATED IN SHEPHERDS VILLAGE
On Sunday the 16th/29th of December 2013, the Feast of the Holy Forefathers was observed in commemoration of the Forefathers, according to the flesh, of our Lord Jesus Christ, who lived before the Law and under the Law, namely Abraham...
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NEW DEACON ORDAINED AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On the night of Friday to Saturday, the 13th to 14th/26th to 27th of December 2013, the recently tonsured monk Polycarpos was ordained deacon by the Elder Sacristan of the Holy Sepulcher, Archbishop Isidoros of Hierapolis. The ordination took place...
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THE FEAST OF ST SPYRIDON AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Wednesday the 12th/25th of December 2013, the feast of St Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Trimythous, was celebrated by the Patriarchate in the Monastery which bears his name and lies on the inside of the wall of the Old...
Read MoreMEETING BETWEEN THE KING OF JORDAN AND HEADS OF CHURCHES ON THE OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS 2013
On Monday the 10th/23rd of December 2013, a meeting took place between His Majesty, King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein, and the Heads of Churches of the Holy Land and their retinue, on the approaching feast of Christmas. The meeting was...
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UNKNOWN PERPETRATORS TRESSPASS ON CHAPEL AND ROOT OUT SAPLINGS AT SCHOOL OF SION
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem strongly denounces and categorically condemns the trespassing on the fenced Chapel of the Pentecost and the rooting out of saplings planted around the chapel, committed on Sunday the 9th/22nd of December 2013 by unknown fanatical religious...
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