Patriarch of Jerusalem held a series of meetings

On Monday, October 20, 2026, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem received a number of diplomatic representatives, religious leaders, clergy, and pilgrims at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

First, Patriarch Theophilos received Mr Marios Stavrou, Representative of the Republic of Cyprus in Ramallah, accompanied by Ms Anna Karafoulidou, First Secretary to the Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus for Religious Freedom and Minorities in the Middle East.

Subsequently, he received Mr Eleftherios Dotsikas, who is concluding his service at the Embassy of Greece in Tel Aviv before taking up a new post at the Embassy of Greece in Qatar. He was accompanied by Mr Iosifidis, former Governor of Mount Athos, who currently serves at the Embassy of Greece in Tel Aviv.

Patriarch Theophilos also received the Reverend Fathers Theodosios (Attalan) and Savvas Mahoulis, parish priests of the Community of Kafr Yasif, which belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Acre–Ptolemais.

Thereafter, the Mufti of the Haram al-Sharif, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, visited the Patriarch, accompanied by Mr Azam al-Hatib and a delegation of representatives of the Awqaf…