Your Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos,
Your Beatitudes,
Secretary General Mr. Girghis,
Your Eminence Metropolitan Georgios of Paphos,
Your Eminences,
Your Graces,
Reverend Fathers,
Dear Pastors,
Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
“Blessed is who comes in the name of the Lord.”
We are delighted and honored to be at this 10th General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches.
We wish to express our gratitude to our host, Your Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II, for your welcome and your efforts in support of the work of the Council. We assure Your Beatitude of our fervent prayers for your primatial ministry and for the people of our beloved neighbouring country of Cyprus. We wish also to acknowledge Your Eminence Metropolitan Georgios of Paphos, in whose Holy Metropolis we are meeting. (More…)
From November 16th – 18th / 29th 2011 to December 1st 2011, the General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) takes place in Pafos Cyprus. In it as known are involved four Christian Families, Orthodox, Latin, Lutherans and Prochalcedonians. (More…)
On Friday, November 5th / 18th 2011, a ten-member delegation of the city council of the city of Jerusalem from the party of Meretz, headed by the Deputy Mayor Mr. Jose (Pepe) Alala and the Board member dr. Meir Margalit visited the Patriarchate.
They were welcomed by His Holy Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos. They on behalf of their parties, of Meretz, expressed to the Patriarchate their sorrow for the fact that several times fanatic religious Jewish spit the priests they meet. (More…)
On Thursday, November 4th / 17th 2011, a 50member team of the Hellenic Air Force (H.A.F) visited the Patriarchate.
This visit at the Patriarchate took place in the frame of the visit of the above team to the state of Israel for the cooperation of the military air forces of the two countries specifically for the air operation exercise in the area of Ovda in southern Israel by the name of “burning and unburnt bush”. (More…)
Christian Communities in the Holy Land: Presence, Rights, Fears and Hopes
H.B. Theophilos III Patriarch of Jerusalem
15 November 2011
Mr. Abdul Karim Dughmi,
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies,
Mr. Sergei Popov,
President of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly,
Your Eminences,
Dear Fathers,
Distinguished Members,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! (Ps 132).
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