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THE THREE-DAY BEGINNING OF THE GREAT LENT
Between Lean Monday and Lean Wednesday, namely the 18th to the 20th of February/ the 3rd to the 5th of March 2014, the service of Matins took place in the Monastic Church of Sts Constantine and Helen in the morning,...
Read MoreFORGIVENESS WISH AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On the evening of Cheese Fare Sunday, the 17th of February/2nd of March 2014, on the occasion of the beginning of the Holy and Great Lent, the wish of forgiveness was read out by His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and...
Read MoreNEW DEACON ORDAINED AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On the night of Friday to Saturday of Cheese Fare Sunday, the 15th to the 16th of February/28th of February to the 1st of March 2014, Monk Marcus Henderson of London was ordained as deacon during the Divine Liturgy at...
Read MoreTHE ROMANIAN AMBASSADOR VISITS THE PATRIARCHATE
On Tuesday the 12th/25th of February 2014, the Ambassador of Romania to Israel, Ms Andrea Păstârnac, visited the Patriarchate. The new Romanian Ambassador to Israel was received by His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, in the presence...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF ST CHARALAMPOS AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On the Sunday of Carnival [Gr. Apokrias], namely the 10th/23rd of February 2014, the memory of the Holy Hieromartyr Charalampos, hailing from Magnesia, Thessaly, was celebrated by the Patriarchate. St Charalampos lived during the reign of Severus, when Lucian was...
Read MoreTHE METROPOLITAN OF NAZARETH AND THE NEW HEAD OF NAZARETH ORTHODOX COMMUNITY AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Saturday the 9th/22nd of February 2014, Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth and the new President of the Greek Orthodox (Rum Orthodox) Community of Nazareth, Ms Afaf Touma, accompanied by Council Members, visited the Patriarchate. This was the first visit of...
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