Thirty years since the excommunication of the Patriarch of Alexandria Parthenius IIItranslated

In an atmosphere of deep emotion, holy rejoicing and grateful remembrance, the holy memorial service of the late Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa Mr. Parthenius III took place today, Thursday, July 23, 2026, at the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Savvas of Igiasmenos in Alexandria, on the thirty-year anniversary since the Blessed Patriarch measured life. († July 23, 1996 – July 23, 2026). During the Divine Liturgy, the A.Th.M. the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa Mr. Theodoros II, who, before the end of it, performed the holy memorial service and prayed for the repose of the soul of his late Predecessor and spiritual Father.

This day was not just a historical anniversary for the Alexandrian Church. There was a spiritual meeting of memory and gratitude where with obvious emotion His Beatitude said, among other things:

"Today marks thirty years since my Father and Patriarch, the venerable Mr. Parthenios, closed his eyes in this world, to open them to the eternal light of the Kingdom of God.

Thirty years have passed, but for me his voice has never stopped being heard. I feel him…