Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Jordan signs deals to develop Jesus’ baptism site ahead of 2,000th anniversary

The Jordanian government has signed four agreements to develop the area where Jesus Christ was baptised as part of preparations to mark the 2,000th anniversary of the Baptism of the Lord in 2030. The agreements were signed on Wednesday at the Jordanian government headquarters in Amman following the first meeting of the National Committee for…

Aug 14, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates Divine Liturgy at Romanian Church in Jerusalem

Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and All Palestine celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the Church of the Romanian Settlement in Jerusalem. Concelebrating with him were Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina, Secretary General of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem; Metropolitan Joachim of Helenopolis; Archimandrite Constantine, Abbot of the Tomb of the Mother of God in Gethsemane;…

Nov 11, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Sepulchre: Up to 4,200 people permitted for Holy Fire ceremony

Representatives of the Common Technical Bureau of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem announced the utmost number of pilgrims permitted to attend the Holy Fire Ceremony on Holy Saturday. Theodosios Mitropoulos, the architect of the Church of the Resurrection, and Nagib Naser, the architect of the Franciscan Brotherhood, confirmed to the Tourist Police station that…

Apr 25, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates his 67th Birthday

His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, celebrates on 4 April 2018 his 67th Birthday. His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952. He arrived in Jerusalem in July 1964…

Apr 4, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem is a stability factor in the Middle East: Archbishop Nectarios of Anthedon

In the two-day conference which was held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Greece from 28th February to 1st March, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem was represented by the Patriarchal Commissioner in Constantinople Most Reverend Archbishop Nectarios of Anthedon with his speech titled: “The Patriarchate of Jerusalem as a stability and dialogue factor in the Middle East.”…

Mar 20, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates his 66th Birthday

His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, celebrates on 4 April 2018 his 66th Birthday. His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952.  He arrived in Jerusalem in July 1964…

Apr 4, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates his name day

His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, celebrates Friday his name day: Martyr Theophilus of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste. The Patriarchate of Jerusalem keeps the Unrevised Julian calendar (by old style). Therefore, 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste will be celebrated on Thursday, March 22, 2018. His Beatitude…

Mar 9, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Ecumenical Patriarch receives an honorary doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

In the agenda of the 10th Academic Conference of the Orthodox-Jewish Dialogue which takes place in Jerusalem from 5 to 7 December 2017, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem decided to pay His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the honorable distinction of the Doctor Philosophiae honoris causa. For this reason, His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch arrived at…

Dec 7, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarchate of Jerusalem | Patriarch Theophilos celebrates Divine Liturgy on Mount Tabor (VIDEO)

On Saturday, 6th/19th August 2017, on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, officiated Vespers in the evening and the outdoor midnight Vigil. Concelebrants for the divine services included: Metropolitan Ieronymos of Mouanza in Tanzania – Patriachate of Alexandria, Metropolitan Timotheos of Bozra – Patriachate of Jerusalem, Metropolitan…

Aug 24, 2017Andrei Pau

Pious Ioan Iacob from Neamţ Celebrated for the First Time in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Wednesday, 10 August 2016 (28 July according to the old calendar), Saint Ioan Iacob from Neamţ was celebrated for the first time in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem since the official proclamation of his canonisation (31 January 2016). On the occasion of the celebration of the pious Romanian coming from Botoşani, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated…

Aug 14, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu