The Church Services from Ash Monday to Ash Wednesday at the Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood celebrated by His Beatitude Patriarch Kyrios Kyrios Theophilos III
This news is shared from the website of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
From the morning of Ash Monday, 18th February / 3rd March 2025, to Ash Wednesday, 20th February / 5th March 2025, the services of Matins with the Hours in the morning and the service of the Great Compline in the evening were held. On the morning of Ash Wednesday, the service of Matins was followed by the Divine Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts, presided over by His Beatitude Patriarch Kyrios Kyrios Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches, with the participation of the Holy Sepulchre Fathers, bishops, priests, monks, nuns, and pilgrims, along with Professor Yagos.
The first Divine Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts for the Holy and Great Lent was also celebrated on the Horrendous Golgotha on the morning of Ash Wednesday, led by the Elder Sacristan, His Eminence Archbishop Isidoros of Hierapolis, with the co-celebration of the priests of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, under the chanting of the chief cantor, Deacon Eustathios Tsoumanis, and the participation of a devout congregation consisting of monks, nuns, and pious pilgrims. Among the pilgrims were, Her Excellency the Minister of Culture of the Hellenic Republic, Ms. Lina Mendoni, accompanied by her staff and the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem, Mr Dimitrios Angelosopoulos.
His Eminence Archbishop Isidoros of Hierapolis and Elder Sacristan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre guided Her Excellency the Minister and her delegation on a tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the nearby sacred sites. After the tour, a small fasting refreshment was offered to them in the office of the Church.
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This news was originally published on the website of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.