On Good Friday, April 20/ May 3, 2024, the Royal Hours of Good Friday were read at the Patriarchate.
- At the Monastic and Patriarchal Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, in the presence of His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Holy Sepulchre Fathers.
- At the Praetorion, where the procession of the Cross began, marching through Via Dolorosa. The procession was led by His Eminence Metropolitan Isychios of Capitolias, who carried the cross on his shoulders, followed by many faithful Christians. When the procession reached the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, there was a supplication and His Eminence delivered a sermon. The Royal Hours were read then in the Horrendous Golgotha, as the fathers ministering there had opened the door of the Church as per our right on this day of the year.
From Secretariat-General
