Holy Sepulcher

Churches denounce Israel violence against Christians

May 13, 2013 Featured News

13/5/13 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Patriarchs and heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem on Sunday released a joint statement denouncing attacks by Israeli police officers on worshipers and pilgrims during Holy Saturday at the Church of Holy Sepulcher. Signatories of the statement highlighted that they saw “awful scenes of the brutal treatment to clerics, average people [...]

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Jerusalem’s dwindling Christians celebrate the Holy Fire on Orthodox Easter

May 6, 2013 Featured News

5/5/13 The annual rite at the 1500-year-old Church of the Holy Sepulcher attracted fewer local faithful as Christians across the region are caught up in various conflicts. This is the sixth in a series of posts about dwindling Christian communities in the Middle East. JERUSALEM — A procession of Armenian Orthodox Christians wound from their quarter [...]

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The holy light of Easter in Jerusalem

March 23, 2013 Featured News
Woman lights candle in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. This site is holy to Catholics and other Christians, who believe it stands on the ground where Jesus of Nazareth was crucified by Roman soldiers. It also marks the site where many believe Jesus was entombed and resurrected.  Kip Evans, (c) Kip Evans Photography

By William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson, For the Deseret – 23.3.13 One of the oldest rituals in Christendom is enacted each year at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the traditional site of Christ’s burial and resurrection, on the Saturday before Orthodox Easter — which falls, this year, on May 4. In the morning, the clergy of the [...]

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Church keeps tradition alive

June 2, 2012 Featured News
An Armenian Orthodox priest holds liturgy at the tomb of Jesus in the Holy Sepulcher church in Jerusalem’s Old City. In a centuries-old tradition, clerics from the three largest denominations in the church, the Greek Orthodox, Armenians and Roman Catholics, gather each night for special prayers reserved for the men who take care of the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.

By Daniela Berretta Associated Press Writer 2/6/2012 ERUSALEM — After the last tourists leave the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City at nightfall, a little-known but centuries-old tradition unfolds at one of Christianity’s holiest sites. Clerics from the three largest denominations represented in the church — Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Roman Catholic [...]

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Jerusalem Readies itself for Easter

March 28, 2012 Featured News
Good Friday procession in Jerusalem; photo courtesy Travelujah

28/3/2012 Visit Travelujah website for all Holy land tour solutions Christians visiting the Holy Land in the spring sometimes fail to appreciate the link between Passover and Easter: Jesus came to Jerusalem in April circa 34, making his triumphal entry on the Sunday of the last fateful week of his life, in order to offer [...]

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Holy Land Christians Strive for Unity

January 21, 2012 Featured News
Holy Fire Ceremony in Jerusalem; photo courtesy Travelujah

21/1/2012 One of the central themes of Jesus’ ministry on earth was unity. Prior to his crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus prayed that those who followed him “may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that [...]

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THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM INAUGURATES THE EPITROPIKON

December 9, 2011 News

04/12/2011 On Sunday, November 21st / December 4th 2011, the Feast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos after celebrating at the Holy Monastic Church of Saint Constantine and Helen inaugurated the new larger room of Epitropikon (meeting room), where every day [...]

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THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM DECORATES THE EXARCH OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE IN PARIS

November 10, 2011 News

30th October File News On Sunday, October 17th/30th 2011, His Holy Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos decorated in Paris His Eminence Archbishop of Komana Gabriel Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with the knighthood Cross decoration of the Holy Sepulcher. This honorary distinction took place in the Patriarchate and in the frame of [...]

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The Orthodox Theological Faculty from Munich visits The Jerusalem Patriarchate

October 21, 2011 News

18/10/2011 On Saturday September 25th /October 9th 2011 the Orthodox Theological School of Munich consisting of its students and several accompanying pilgrims led by His Grace Bishop Remezianis Andreas of the Serbian Patriarchate and the Bishop of Stuttgart Agapitos of the Russian church of Dispersion as well as the Professor of the Faculty Mr. Athanasios [...]

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THE FEAST OF ST. THEKLA AT THE PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM

October 14, 2011 News

09/10/2011 On Friday, September 24th / October 7th 2011, the feast of St. Thekla the Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles was solemnly celebrated at the Patriarchate. The feast was held at the chapel named after the Saint to Her honor inside the Central Monastery of the Fathers of the Holy Sepulcher to the west of the Monastic [...]

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Thousands at Passover and Easter in Jerusalem

April 21, 2011 Featured News

Contemporary Christian Travel by Ruth Hill 19/4/2011 NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 19, 2011 – Jewish Passover and Christian Holy Week are in motion this week in Jerusalem, and the Israel Ministry of Tourism has said it expects a quarter million visitors for the timeless iconic events observed in the Old City. Because Jesus was a …

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