Bethlehem, 26 May 2010
Your Eminence Metropolitan Gennadios,
Bishop Donald McCoid,
Esteemed Members of the Joint Commission,
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
We welcome you to the holy city of Jerusalem with great joy, and we are pleased that you have accepted our invitation to hold your meeting in Bethlehem. In this city, in the place where the eternal Logos became incarnate in Jesus Christ, we celebrate together our common origin in the faith of the Gospel.
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His Beatitude Theophilos III
Patriarch of Jerusalem
25 May 2010
Your Eminences,
Your Excellencies,
Most Reverend and Right Reverend Fathers,
On this Tuesday after Pentecost, we greet you in the power of the Holy Spirit, the “Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, who is everywhere present and who fills all things”. May this same Spirit fill our hearts and enlighten our minds as we begin this venture. (More…)
Author: Ben Lynfield
Jerusalem–In exclusive remarks to Al-Masry Al-Youm, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, says he is unfazed by the withdrawal of the Coptic Church from the Middle East Council of Churches in a dispute that has pitted two of the oldest Christian churches against each other. (More…)
His Beatitude Theophilos III
Patriarch of Jerusalem
14 May 2010
Your Excellencies,
Your Eminences,
Reverend Fathers,
Miss Nova Court,
Dear Members of the Orthodox Society,
Brothers and Sisters, (More…)
Speech before the Executive Committee of the
Middle East Council of Churches
His Beatitude Theophilos III
Patriarch of Jerusalem
20 April 2010
“Your Beatitudes, Eminences, Graces,
Your Excellencies fellow clergy,
Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Christ is Risen, He is indeed Risen. (More…)