December 2013

Meletius Shattahi, new deacon by the laying of hands of His Beatitude John X

Damascus, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus. Assisted by His Grace Bishop Efraim Malouli, the Patriarchal Vicar, priests and deacons,

Patriarch John X to the Youth: I am Christian; therefore, my Being is the Christ

Damascus, The hall of the Holy Cross Church in Damascus gathered His Beatitude Patriarch John X, with the youth in a meeting that was not the first, and will not be the last. During Christmas

The Patriarchal Centre gathers all the brothers

Damascus,The Patriarchal Centre hosted the bishops of Damascus, representatives of the sister Churches and the Greek Orthodox priests of Damascus and its countryside. This meeting was an opportunity through which, His Beatitude affirmed the necessity

Sheikh Walid Tweini Al-Sahou along with the National Reconciliation Delegation

Damascus,His Beatitude John X received Sheikh Walid Tweini Al-Sahou, the founder of Syrian Platform along with a delegation of the National reconciliation at the Patriarchate in Damascus. During the meeting, they emphasized on the importance

His Beatitude receives the families community of St. George-Sharki Attejara

Damascus, The meeting of the families of St. George with His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, was so lovely and fruitful. It was spontaneous and simple through which the patriarch

Patriarch John X meets with the displaced in the countryside of Damascus

Damascus,  His Beatitude met our sons and daughters, the displaced in the countryside of Damascus. This meeting was an opportunity for the father to know closely the spiritual sons and their needs especially in the

His Beatitude John X celebrates the Holy Nativity in the Mariamite Church

Damascus, Among the parishioners of the Mariamite church, His Beatitude John X celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the evening of Tuesday the 24th December 2013. The Nativity of the Lord was an occasion to keep

The Mariamite Church hosted the common prayer for the peace in Syria

Damascus, In the day in which the messenger of peace was born in Bethlehem, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East (Mariamite Church) gathered all the brothers in a common prayer for

His Beatitude John X receives a group from Australia

His Beatitude John X received a group from Australia. The group, (let Syria leave and do not intervene in its affairs) presided by Mr. Tim Anderson and accompanied by Mr. Maher Dabbagh Consul in Sydney,

The ordination to the priesthood of Rev. Yakoub (Assaf)

His Beatitude John X presided over the Divine Liturgy on Friday 20th of December, the feast day of St. Ignatius the Antiochian. During the liturgy, which took place in the Mariamite Church, the ordination to

H.E. Ambassador of Iran in the Patriarchate – Damascus

His beatitude receives the Ambassador of Iran in Damascus

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