On Friday, August 27th / September 9th 2011, was held the inauguration of the new building of the Greek General Consulate in East Jerusalem.
This inauguration, meaning the commencement of the affairs of the Consulate in this new building was done by the service of the Holy Water conducted by His Holy Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos accompanied by the Elder Chief Secretary Archbishop of Constantina Aristarchos and the Elder Dragoman Metropolitan of Eleftheropolis Christodoulos and other Fathers of the Holy Sepulcher being present the General Consul of Greece Mr.Sotirios Athanasiou, his wife and the staff of the Consulate. (More…)
On Friday, 9th September 2011, members of the Mougrabi family visited His Beatitude Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III. Legal expert of the Patriarchate, Mr. Mougrabi, arrived with four of his five children. The children, who currently attend school overseas, came to receive the blessings of His Beatitude. (More…)
An Address of Greeting to His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion Metropolitan of Eastern America and the New York Diocese and First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
The Divine Liturgy
The Convent of Saint Mary Magdalene
Sunday, 4 September
Your Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion,
Your Eminences,
Your Graces,
Archimandrite Tikhon,
Mother Elizabeth,
Beloved monastics,
Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,
Christ is in our Midst!
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On Tuesday, August 10th /23rd 2011, His Holy Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, being in Nicosia Cyprus for affairs in the frame of the World Council of Churches (W.W.C) visited the Hexarchy of the Holy Sepulcher located in the vicinity of the Archdiocese of Cyprus being under restoration, maintenance and renovation a building with highly auspicious and functional prospects supervised by the representative of the Patriarchate in Cyprus Holy Metropolitan of Vostra Timotheos and overseen by Mr. Andronikos Andronikou Architect. (More…)
On Wednesday 17th / 4th August 2011, the Greek-American Congressman Gus M. Bilarakis, visited the Patriarchate with his son Michael.
Congressman Bilarakis was warmly received by His Beatitude Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III. At the meeting, the honoured guest gave his impressions of his second pilgrimage to the Holy Land, expressing his deep respect for the Holy Shrines and the Patriarchate. (More…)
