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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...
Read MoreTHE FEAST OF HOSIOS SAVVAS THE SANCTIFIED
On Wednesday the 5th/18th of December 2013, the feast of our Father, hosios Savvas the Sanctified, was observed. In accordance with the order of the Church of Jerusalem, the feast was celebrated at the monastery founded by him and named...
Read MoreGREEK DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS PATRIARCHATE
On Sunday the 2nd/15th of December 2013, the Minister of Defense of Greece, Mr Demetrios Avramopoulos, visited the Patriarchate in the context of a political visit to the state of Israel. Mr Avramopoulos was accompanied by his associates, political and...
Read MoreH.B. THEOPHILOS III ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE GERMAN EVANGELICAN CHURCH.
JERUSALEM, Sunday 15 December 2013. Your Eminence Bishop Younan Mounib, Reverend Dr. Nikolaus Shneider, Head of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Reverend Propst Wolfgang Schmidt, Dear friends, Christ is born; glorify Him! Christ comes from...
Read MoreSECOND OFFICIAL RESPONSE OF HIS BEATITUDE PATRIARCH THEOPHILOS III OF JERUSALEM TO HIS BEATITUDE JOHN X OF ANTIOCH CONCERNING THE JURISDICTION OF THE EMIRATE OF QATAR
Translated by Theodoros Pritsis, M.Div., Th.M. Reference No. 1020 Your Beatitude, Most Eminent Patriarch John of the Great City of God, Antioch and all the East, Our most beloved brother and concelebrant of Our Humility in Christ our...
Read MorePATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM LIGHTS CHRISTMAS TREE IN JAFFA
On Sunday the 25th of November/8th of December 2013, a Christmas event, namely the lighting of the Christmas tree, took place in the Greek Orthodox (Rum Orthodox) Community of Joppe/Jaffa, which is adjacent to the city of Tel Aviv. The...
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