Patriarch John X celebrates the Divine Liturgy in…



2022-01-30

Patriarch John X celebrates the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Cross, Al-Qasaa.
Damascus, Sunday 30 January 2022

His Beatitude Patriarch John X presided over the Divine Liturgy in the
Church of the Holy Cross in Al-Qasaa. He was assisted in the service by their Grace, Bishops Moussa El-Khoury, Youhanna Batache, Theodore Ghandour, the patriarchal Vicariate in Rio de Janeiro, and Arsanios Dahdal, Abbot of the monastery of the St.Georges Al-Homeyra, and many priests and deacons.
At the end of the liturgy, His Beatitude delivered a homily explaining the meanings of the Gospel of Zacchaeus, in which he focused on the Lord's call for each one of us to know oneself and the importance of responding to this divine call with sincere repentance.