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HIS BEATITUDE’ S ADDRESS TO THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES GENERAL MEETING OF THE PALESTINE ISRAEL ECUMENICAL FORUM IN BETHLEHEM
“Your Excellencies, Your Eminencies, Distinguished participants, Dear Brothers and Sisters, We greet you warmly on the occasion of this important Forum, with the Christmas message, the message of the reconciliation between heaven and earth which took place on the very...
Read MoreMR. OLAV TVEIT, THE NEWLY – ELECTED SECRETARY GENERAL OF WCC VISITS THE PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM
On Thursday 27th of November/10th of December 2009, Mr. Olav Tveit, the newly-elected General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited His Beatitude and our Father, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine Theophilos III....
Read MoreTHE PATRIARCHATE EXPRESSES ITS SOLIDARITY TO THE AFFECTED PEOPLE IN GAZA
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem as the most ancient religious institution in the Holy Land creates bridges of peace and communication between adversaries and also practically helps the victims of conflicts. It was in this capacity that the Patriarchate acted during...
Read MoreCLASSIFICATION TO THE HAGIOLOGION OF THE MARTYR FILOUMENOS, SUPERIOR OF JACOB’S WELL
Jacob’s Well, documented in the Old Testament (Gen. 33, 19) and in the New Testament (John 4), is one of the most authentic holy shrines of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, placed between the mountains of Ebal and Geribim in the...
Read MoreCOMPLETION OF THE RESTORATION AND RENOVATION WORK AT THE BAKERY OF THE PATRIARCHATE
The place that is currently housing the oven and the utensils for preparing the Holy Bread ‘prosfora’ of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem is one of the most ancient parts of the Church of Resurrection. This site has a triangular ground...
Read MoreSPEECH OF A GREEK ORTHODOX CITIZEN OF JERUSALEM, IN THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE “NEW PREMISES” BOOKSHOP
The “New Premises” educational bookshop designed to be the cultural heart of Jerusalem. At the opening of the “New Premises” on November 20th 2009 at 19 Salah-Eddin street, East Jerusalem, Dr. John Tleel, author of the book “I am Jerusalem”,...
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