On Tuesday, April 24/May 7, 2024, the Christian Churches of Jerusalem visited the Patriarchate on the feast of Easter.

  1. A) The Franciscan Confraternity – Custody of the Holy Land visited under their Deputy Abbot Fr Ibrahim Faltas. B) All the Christian Churches visited, that is, the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem under the Latin Patriarch Pierre Battista Pizzaballa, the Coptic Church, the Syrian Church, the Ethiopian Church, the Lutheran Church under its Bishop Mr Sani Azar, the Anglican Church under its Bishop Husan Naum and other Churches. Also in this meeting, the importance of Christian cooperation for the proper Christian witness in the Holy Land was duly underlined, and in fact at a time of a war in the Holy Land that was in full swing.
  2. C) At 11:00 am on this day, the priests of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem visited our Patriarchate under the Representative of the Patriarch His Eminence Mr Gurion. In this visit, the importance of a sincere cooperation for the protection of the pilgrimage rights of the Christian Communities in the Holy Land was duly emphasized.
  3. D) On Wednesday, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem under His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos returned the Armenians’ visit to their Patriarchate in Jerusalem.

From Secretariat-General | en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info