On June 3, 2024, the day of the commemoration of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles King Constantine and his mother Queen Helen, the head of the Russian Theological Mission in Jerusalem archimandrite Vassian (Zmeyev) accompanied by his deputy hegumen Nikon (Golovko) visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, where he took part in the divine service on the feast day of the monastery church of the Patriarchate.
Archimandrite Vassian (Zmeyev).
The divine service was presided over by Blessed Patriarch Theophilos III of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine.
Hierarchs and clerics of the Jerusalem Patriarchate prayed at the service, as well as Archimandrite Ioan (Meiu), representative of the Romanian Theological Mission in Jerusalem, the sisters of the Gorno Nunnery in Ein Karem, the Russian-speaking faithful of Jerusalem, and many Christians of the Holy City and its environs.
The service was conducted in Greek, Arabic and Church Slavonic, according to the website of the Russian Spiritual Mission.
The service was conducted in Greek, Arabic and Church Slavonic, as reported
After the Divine Liturgy ended, the procession of worshipers and clergy to the Russian Spiritual Mission's headed by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos went to the Great Throne Room of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, where a festive reception was held.
At the end of the reception, Archimandrite Vassian and Hegumen Nikon personally congratulated Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem on the feast of the Throne and asked for his blessing for further work in the church-diplomatic field.
At the end of the reception Archimandrite Vassian and Hegumen Nikon personally congratulated Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem on the Throne Feast and asked for his blessing for further work in the church-diplomatic field.
EVCS Communication Service/Patriarchy.ru
