December 2023

His Beatitude Receives the Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace

His Beatitude, Patriarch John X, received Mr. Mansour Azzam, the Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace, at the Patriarchal Headquarters in Damascus. Mr. Azzam was sent as an envoy by His Excellency, the President of the

Nativity Divine Liturgy 2023

His Beatitude Patriarch John X celebrated the Nativity Divine Liturgy at the Mariamiyah Patriarchal Cathedral in Damascus, assisted by His Grace Bishop Ioannis (Batach) and the Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Philip Vsevolodovich, Representative of the Russian

Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand

His Beatitude Patriarch John celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Monastery of our Lady of Balamand. The ceremony included the presence and participation of their Eminences, Metropolitans Athanasios (Lattakia), Gregorios (Homs), Antonios (Houran), and

Episcopal Ordination over the Archdiocese of Bosra, Houran, and Jabal al-Arab

His Beatitude Patriarch John X presided over the ordination service of His Eminence, the Most Rev. Antonios Saad Archbishop of Bosra, Houran, and Jabal al-Arab, in the presence of the Most Reverend Metropolitans: Elias (Tyre

Episcopal Ordination over the Archdiocese of Bosra, Houran, and Jabal al-Arab

His Beatitude Patriarch John X presided over the ordination service of His Eminence, the Most Rev. Antonios Saad Archbishop of Bosra, Houran, and Jabal al-Arab, in the presence of the Most Reverend Metropolitans: Elias (Tyre

Patriarch John X Receives a delegation from Antioch’s Alexandretta district

His Beatitude Patriarch John X warmly welcomed a delegation representingthe orthodox parish in Antioch’s Alexandretta District, in the Patriarchal Residence in Balamand. The delegation included Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Pavlus Orduluoğlu, Father Dimitri Dogum, parish priest

His Beatitude Receives His Eminence Sheikh Ali Al- Khatib

His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East warmly welcomed His Eminence Sheikh Ali Al- Khatib, Deputy Head of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council during a meeting at the Patriarchal Residence in

Patriarch John X receives the Greek Ambassador to Lebanon

HB John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received Mrs. Despina Koukolopoulou, the Greek Ambassador to Lebanon, at the Patriarchal Residence at Balamand. The meeting discussed the historical relations between the

Enthronement of the new Metropolitan of Homs in the Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs

The Archdiocese of Homs, both clergymen and lay people, came to welcome His Beatitude Patriarch John X accompanied by their new Archdiocesan Pastor, Metropolitan Gregorios (Al Khoury). Government and religious personalities together with security officials

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