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THE 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,...
Read MoreMEETING OF THE HEADS OF CHURCHES WITH THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL ON THE OCCASION OF THE ADVENT OF THE NEW YEAR
On Monday, the 18th/30th of December 2013, the regular reception of the Heads of Christian Churches in the Holy Land by the President of the state of Israel, Mr Shimon Peres, took place in the Presidential Palace in Jerusalem, on...
Read MoreHIS 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...
Read MoreSUNDAY 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...
Read MoreNEW 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...
Read MoreTHE 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...
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