The Armenians infringed upon the rights of the Orthodox on the Holy Shrines
According to the long-standing Status Quo in the Holy Land, the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem is cleaned each year by the three Major Christian Communities namely the Greek Orthodox, the Franciscan and the Armenian, as set by the Status Quo and on a date designated by the Orthodox, prior to the Orthodox Christmas Feast. (More…)
The following is an extract from the newspaper Kul Al Arab:
KUL AL ARAB Newspaper
Number 1157 / Friday 5/3/2010
‘Apology Announcement
The Newspaper Kul Al Arab on 6/4/2007 published an article against His Beatitude Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III and against the Law Office of Advocate Ahmad Al Mougrabi. (More…)
His Beatitude
THEOPHILOS III
Patriarch of Jerusalem
The New Year 2009
26th January 2010
Your Excellency, Mr Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem,
Honorable Members of the Municipal Government,
Distinguished Guest,
“Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem”. (Luke 13:33 ). (More…)
His Beatitude Theophilos III
Patriarch of Jerusalem
12 January 2010
Your Excellency, the Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Your Eminences
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Christ is born! Let us glorify Him!
We greet you during these days of the Feast of the Nativity, when the Church throughout the world rejoices with the angels at the birth of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. (More…)
Your Beatitude,
Your Eminences,
Your Excellencies,
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ.
“Christ is born! Let us glorify Him!
Christ descends from the heavens! Let us welcome Him!”
With this jubilant hymn, the Church welcomes the incarnate Logos, the One who was in the beginning with the Father, the One who contains earth and heaven and yet who deigns to be contained in the womb of the Theotokos. (More…)
