Orthodox Churches

Celebration of the Feast day of the Baptism of Russia in Kiev

His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine officiated the traditional rite of thanksgiving at the monument to the Holy Prince Vladimir, the Baptist of Russia, on Vladimirskaya Gora in Kiev, on July 27, 2021.

Representatives of the Patriarchate of Antioch, the Serbian Patriarchate and the Orthodox Church of the Czech lands and Slovakia, bishops, clergy and monks from all dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and tens of thousands of Orthodox believers took part in the service.

The Feast of Saint Procopius in Jerusalem

On Wednesday 8/21 July 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the holy glorious Procopius the great martyr. On this day the Church commemorates that Saint Procopius was from Caesarea of Palestine and lived during the reign of Diocletian around AD 303. He served as a Duke in Alexandria, a former persecutor of Christians, who was called to Christ by a vision of a crystal Cross and a voice saying: “I am the crucified Jesus, the Son of God”.

Visit tо the Grace Center in the monastery of St. George in Wadi Al-Nasara

His Beatitute Patriarch John X paid a visit to the Grace Center in the monastery of St. George Al-Homeyra in Wadi Al-Nasara, where He visited its various departments and was informed about the ongoing restoration and renovation works.

The Feast of the Monday of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem

On Monday 8/21 June 2021, the feast of the Monday of the Holy Spirit was celebrated at the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Russian MISSIA of the Russian Patriarchate, which is located in new Jerusalem, not very far from the northwest side of New Gate.

The Feast of the Holy Pentecost in Jerusalem

On Sunday, 7/20 June 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Holy Pentecost. On this feast, the Church commemorates in thanksgiving and doxology to God, that on the fiftieth day after His Resurrection, and ten days after His Ascension to the heavens, our Lord Jesus Christ sent through the Father to His Disciples, who were gathered at the Upper Room of the Holy Zion, the Holy Spirit, like “a violent breath” and in the form of tongues of fire. The Holy Spirit strengthened and enlightened them and made them narrate in tongues the marvels of God to the gathered crowd. Apostle Peter preached to them and on that day “three thousand souls” were added to the Church (Acts 2:41).

Jerusalem: The feast of the Ascension on the Mount of Olive

On Thursday, 28 May/10 June 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Ascension. On this feast, the Church in thanksgiving and mixed joy with sadness, commemorates that our Lord Jesus Christ was ascended into the heavens, forty days after His Resurrection, and after many appearances to His Disciples. He was ascended into the heavens in glory and sat at the right side of the Father, deifying the human flesh He had assumed and He is to come again, to judge both the living and the dead.