JERUSALEM

PASCHAL GREETING TO H.B. NOURHAN MANOUGIAN, ARMENIAN PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM

May 17, 2013 News

Holy City of Jerusalem, 8 May 2013   Your Beatitude, Your Eminences, Reverend Fathers, Dear Members of the Brotherhood of Saint James,   “It is the day of the Resurrection. Let us shine brightly for the festival, and also embrace one another-And thus let us cry aloud, Christ  is risen from the dead; by death [...]

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JURISDICTIONAL DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PATRIARCHATES OF ANTIOCH AND JERUSALEM ARISES

May 15, 2013 News

15/5/13 According to the Greek Church news agencies Amen and Romfea, the Patriarchate of Antioch has expressed its protest in connection with the election on May 4, 2013 of Archimandrite Makarios as Archbishop of Qatar by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, reports Sedmitza.ru. The Patriarchate of Antioch considers that Qatar together [...]

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Archbishop leads Jerusalem sit-in for prisoners

April 9, 2013 News

06/04/2013 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Residents organized a sit-in on Thursday in front of the Red Cross encouraging detainees on hunger strike and in solidarity with the loss of detainee Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh. Jerusalem figures and families of detainees participated in the demonstration. Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna said that “we are in the heart of Jerusalem [...]

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JERUSALEM’S HOLY SEPULCHRE CHURCH WATER BILL ROW ‘RESOLVED’

November 15, 2012 Featured News

Amman (Jordan) 15/11/2012 The conflict over unpaid water bills of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been resolved, the spokesman for Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said. “The Holy Sepulchre Church’s water debts have been written off, not without the participation of the Russian Orthodox Church after Patriarch Kirill met [...]

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H.B. THEOPHILOS III PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM VISITED AL-ZAITARI REFUGEE CAMP IN JORDAN

August 12, 2012 Featured News

On Monday, August 6, 2012, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all of Palestine and Jordan, and President of the Middle East Council of Churches for the Orthodox Family, expressed his concern for and acted out of what he called a ”moral duty” by making a [...]

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GRANTING OF THE NATIONAL DECORATION OF THE ORDER OF “MANUEL AMADOR GUERRERO” IN THE TRADE OF GREAT CROSS TO H.B. THEOPHILOS III PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM

July 19, 2012 Featured News

Holy City of Jerusalem, 27 of June 2012 Granting of the National Decoration of the Order of “Manuel Amador Guerrero” in the grade of “Great Cross” to His Most Godly Beatitude, the Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, Syria, Arabia, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee, and Holy Zion, THEOPHILUS [...]

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H.B. THEOPHILOS III PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM IS DECORATED BY THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

July 19, 2012 News

Holy City of Jerusalem, 27 of June 2012. [UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION] DECREE NUMBER 194 of 1 June 2012 by which is granted the National Decoration of the Order of “MANUEL AMADOR GUERRERO”, created by Law 22 of 29 October 1953. THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC using his legal powers, CONSIDERING: FIRST: His Most Godly Beatitude, the [...]

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REMARKS AT THE INSTALLATION OF THE VERY REVEREND HOSAM NAOUM AS DEAN OF SAINT GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL IN JERUSALEM

May 23, 2012 News

Your Grace, Bishop Suheil, Your Grace, Archbishop Fred, Dear Father Hosam, Sisters and Brothers, Christ is risen! Al-Masiach qam! We greet you in joy today as you celebrate the installation of Father Hosam as Dean of this Cathedral. This celebration opens a new chapter in your life, and we have known of Father Hosam’s ministry [...]

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In Jerusalem, the spiritual and the physical can be overwhelming

April 10, 2012 Featured News

Photo by Millie Ball 10/4/2012 IF YOU GO TO JERUSALEM Arriving: Airlines fly into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, about 35 miles from Jerusalem. Hotels: Splurge hotels with a 15-minute walk of the old city include the historically important King David Hotel and the new David Citadel Hotel. Mid-priced hotels, in the same area, include [...]

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REMARKS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM

February 17, 2012 News

11/2/2012 Jerusalem Patriarchate Your Excellency, Mr. Ambassador, Your Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos Respected Members of the Staff of the Mission, Your Eminences, Ladies and Gentlemen, We bring you the greetings of the Church of Jerusalem and the Rum Orthodox Patriarchate, which by Divine Providence extends its pastoral mission throughout all Palestine. We are honoured to be [...]

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Hanna: Aleppo Twins Blasts Clear Indicator of Heinous Terrorist Aggression against Syria

February 12, 2012 Featured News

11/2/2012 CAIRO, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (SANA)- Archbishop of the Sebastian Roman Orthodox Church, Attallah Hanna, on Friday affirmed that Aleppo twins blasts are a clear indicator of the heinous terrorist aggression against Syria, the country, people and institutions. Archbishop Hanna expressed the Palestinian people’s solidarity with Syria in the face of the civil war. Hanna called [...]

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SPEECH TO THE MAYOR AND THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF JERUSALEM

January 29, 2012 News

Holy City of Jerusalem, 24 January 2012 Your Excellency, Mr Mayor, Honorable Members of the Municipal Authority, Your Eminences, Distinguished Guests, We greet you with joy and hope as we begin this New Year. We are honored to be amongst our fellow Jerusalemites and on behalf of the Christian Churches, the communities of Jerusalem and [...]

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JERUSALEM 18 Jan 2012 Thousands celebrate Armenian Christmas

January 10, 2012 News

10/1/2012 Christmas comes but thrice a year in the Middle East, so the Armenian Orthodox festival offers one final opportunity to celebrate the occasion, following the Roman Catholic and Protestant Christmas of Dec 25 and the Greek/Syrian/Russian Orthodox services of Jan 6. Armenians have lived in Jerusalem for over for two millennia, with around 5000 [...]

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Archbishop Hanna: Awareness and Wisdom of Syrians will Foil Conspiracy

December 26, 2011 Featured News

26/12/2011 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM,(SANA)- Archbishop of the Sebastian Roman Orthodox Church, Attallah Hanna affirmed that the terrorist attacks which took place in Damascus are a message to all the Arab nation and not only to Syria. He indicated that the conspiracy hatched against Syria is due to its confrontation of the colonial-Zionist scheme, reiterating that the [...]

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Metropolitan Hanna: Conspiracy against Syria Targets its National Stances, Support to Resistanc

December 19, 2011 Featured News

18/12/2011 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (SANA)_Metropolitan Attallah Hanna, Archbishop of Sevastia of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said that the conspiracy against Syria targets its stances and national and pan-Arab role, as well as its support to Arab rights and the Palestinian cause. In an interview with al-Manar TV on Saturday, Metropolitan Hanna said that there [...]

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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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Palestinian Church Threatens to Sue Israeli Newspaper

December 4, 2011 Featured News
A Christian boy holds a Palestinian flag during a protest in the Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza City against Israeli army operations

4/12/2011 JERUSALEM, December 4, 2011 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Roman Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem threatened Sunday to sue Israeli newspaper Haaretz for publishing false reports about the patriarchate, according to a press release. It said the patriarchate lawyers will prosecute Haaretz, and its economical supplement TheMarker, if they do not debunk false reports published recently [...]

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