Feast of the Baptism of the Lord celebrated in Jerusalem
21. January 2021 - 9:23
On January 19, 2021, the feast of the Holy Theophany – the Baptism of the Lord God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, led the solemn divine services at the Church of the Lord’s Sepulcher.
The Epiphany is celebrated at the Russian Orthodox Church Representation in Damascus
21. January 2021 - 9:12
On 19th January 2021, the feast of the Epiphany of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the Great Blessing of the Waters at the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Damascus.
The Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the Commemoration of Saint Basil in Jerusalem
18. January 2021 - 11:12
Early at dawn on Thursday, 1/14 January 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the circumcision of the Lord in the flesh and the commemoration of Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, with Matins and the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and a Procession as ‘Parresia’, according to the Status Quo.
First Maasai priest in Tanzania
18. January 2021 - 12:09
On Sunday, October 4, 2020, Metropolitan Demetrius оf Irinoupolis presided over the Holz Liturgy at St. Perskevi Church in Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania.
Saint Stephen’s feast in Jerusalem
13. January 2021 - 23:03
On Saturday, 27 December 2020/ 9 January 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen.
