Feast of the Assumption of Mary

Celebrated the Christian churches, the Orthodox far the Assumption of Mary into heaven, where he headed the Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Roman Catholic liturgy festive big in the church of the tomb of the Virgin Mary in Gethsemane in Jerusalem on the occasion of Eid Dormition and Assumption of Mary into heaven was assisted by the Abbot Archimandrite Nectarios President of the Church of Gethsemane in the presence and participation of Metropolitan Bosra Timothy representative of Cyprus to the Roman Catholics and the Metropolitan Aasackheos and Metropolitan Christodhuls Torgoman the great Archbishop of Jerash Theovans and Archbishop Kstuntini Aristerjosu archbishops and bishops and heads of churches, Russian Orthodox and Alrmanih, Cypriot, Greek, Arabic and Alaeconoms joy of the role of the priests of the Roman Catholic parts of Beit Jala and Beit Sahour and the Palestinian territories and areas of Israel, Jaffa and Ramle , Lod, Haifa, Nazareth and Kafr Kana and the Upper Galilee, and was attended by Consul of Greece General and his deputy and heads of religious institutions Orthodox Scout, social, and hundreds of families Alchristip Orthodox Arab from Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Beit Sahour and Beit Jala and Ramallah, the good and Aboud, Zababdeh, Nazareth, Jaffa and Ramle and the D, Haifa, Upper Galilee, pilgrims and visitors and gave the Patriarch Theophilos III sermon biography souvenir Assumption of Mary body and soul to heaven and give God's blessing to all participants in the celebration rally, which was attended by about 10 thousand pilgrims and visitors and worshipers from Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Greece, Cyprus and Jordan