On Tuesday, the 3rd / 16th of January 2024, H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos received on the occasion of  Christmas and New Year’s Day:

  1. Bishop Christopher Chessun Bishop of Southwark of the Anglican Church and member of the British House of Lords, accompanied by the Deputy Secretary of the Council of the Heads of the Local Churches of Jerusalem Fr Donald.
  2. Afterwards, His Beatitude received the Hegoumen of Ramallah, Archimandrite Galaktion and his assistant, Father Isaiah Haddad, to whom His Beatitude conferred the ofikion of Steward. The Hegoumen Archimandrite Galaktion was accompanied by the Holy Priests of the Communities of the surrounding areas, the Jifna Community Fr Georgios Awad, the Taybe Community Fr Daoud, the Birzet Community Fr Stavros Aranki and the Aboud Community, Fr Emmanuel.
  3. He also accepted the young man from Jifna, Mr Ibrahim Saetz, who applied for a scholarship in Theology in Greece.
  4. His Beatitude also received the conservators of chandeliers and icons from the team of Mr Stavros Andreou upon their departure, thanked them and blessed them.
  5. Finally, His Beatitude received the Head of the Jerusalem Foundation Mr Azam Khatib and the Sheikh of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.


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