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THE ORDINATION OF ARCHDEACON F. ATHANASIOS TO THE RANK OF PRESBYTER
On the night of Saturday to Sunday, the 8th to 9th/21st to 22nd of December 2013, in accordance to a decision by the Holy and Sacred Synod, the ordination of Archdeacon f. Athanasios to the rank of Presbyter was performed...
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On Saturday the 8th/21st December 2013, the Heads of Churches of the Holy Land and their retinue were invited to lunch at the Intercontinental hotel, near Bethlehem, by the President of the Palestinian Autonomy, Mr Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen. Mr...
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TONSURE OF NEW MONK AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On the morning of Saturday the 8th/21st of December 2013, His Beatitude Theophilos, Our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, following a decision by the Holy and Sacred Synod, conducted the monastic initiation of novice Panayiotis Kyriakopoulos, serving at the All-holy...
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLIEST BEATITUDE, THEOPHILOS III, PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM, CHRISTMAS 2013
Behold the Virgin, begetting God in flesh, in the city of Bethlehem, inside the Cavern, the entire universe has been enriched, rejoice and dance, associate with servants – for the Lord has come near everyone. (Matins Oikos 20, December) The...
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THE LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM
On the evening of Thursday the 6th/19th of December 2013, the lighting of the Christmas tree ceremony took place within the New Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. The event had been prepared days ago by the Christian Inter-confessional...
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THE FEAST OF ST NIKOLAS AT THE PATRIARCHATE
On Thursday the 6th/19th of December 2013, the feast of St Nikolas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra, Lycia, was celebrated at the church dedicated to him in the town of Bet-Jala, which lies between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, to the right...
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