Commemoration of the recollection of the relic of Agios Savvas the Sanctifiedtranslated

According to the ecclesiastical order, the feast of the recollection of the holy relic of Saint Savvas the Sanctified was celebrated in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. This is a great spiritual and historical event for the Zionist Church which took place on October 26, 1965.  Sixty-one years later, this event was commemorated with an all-night vigil at the Holy Monastery of Saint Savvas, in which the Metropolitan of Elanoupolis, Mr. Joakim, presided. His Eminence was flanked by the Metropolitan of Akkri - Ptolemaidos, Mr. Makarios, Agiosabites and Agiotaphite fathers.

The announcement of the Chief Secretariat in detail:

On Monday, October 13/26, 2026, the memory of the repatriation of the remains of our holy Father Savva the Sanctified was celebrated by the Patriarchate. This event took place, as many of the Holy Sepulcher Fathers remember, on October 13/26, 1965.

Following the necessary preparations, by decision of the Holy and Sacred Synod of February 20, 1965, on March 15/28, 1965, a Patriarchal Delegation consisting of the Elder Arch-Secretary Archbishop Jordanos Mr. Vassiliou, Custodian of the Panieros Church of the Resurrection His Holiness Archimandrite...