Orthodox Churches
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord celebrated in Jerusalem
21. January 2021 - 10:23On 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 - 10:12On 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.
First Maasai priest in Tanzania
18. January 2021 - 13:09On Sunday, October 4, 2020, Metropolitan Demetrius оf Irinoupolis presided over the Holz Liturgy at St. Perskevi Church in Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania.
The Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the Commemoration of Saint Basil in Jerusalem
18. January 2021 - 12:12Early 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.
Saint Stephen’s feast in Jerusalem
14. January 2021 - 0:03On Saturday, 27 December 2020/ 9 January 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen.
Christmas in Patriarchate of Jerusalem
12. January 2021 - 16:14On Thursday, 25 December 2020 / 7 January 2021, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of Christ at the place of Christ’s Nativity in the flesh, in Bethlehem, according to the Typikon Order of the Church and the Status Quo.