His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, presided the Bright Monday Vespers in Aleppo, Syria

His Beatitude Patriarch John X presided over the Bright Monday Vespers in the Cathedral of Elijah the Prophet in Aleppo on the evening of the Great and Holy Easter (Pascha). During prayers, the designated gospel was read in fourteen languages, which are: Arabic, English, French, Greek, Italian, Russian, Persian, Romanian, Japanese, Spanish, Syriac, German, Armenian and Ukrainian. A paschal procession took place within the church at the end of prayers.

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