The Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin at the Patriarchate of Jerusalemtranslated

Eminence of His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Mr. Theofilos, the Nativity of the Mother of God was celebrated according to the old calendar, yesterday, Sunday, September 20, in the homonymous Church of Betzalla. The reception that followed was attended by parishioners of the town as well as the Mayor Vladimiros Haroufe.

The announcement of the Chief Secretariat in detail:

The commemoration of the Nativity of the Theotokos, celebrated in accordance with the Standard of the Church on September 8, was celebrated with a transfer on Sunday, September 7/20, 2026 to the Holy Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in the town of Bejalla, near Bethlehem.

During this holiday, the Church remembers that the Virgin Mary is the fruit of her elderly and sterile parents, Godfathers Joachim and Annis.

This birth, as the Church sings: "bring joy to the whole world", because "from her rose the Sun of Justice, Christ our God; and you removed the curse, gave the blessing; and you abolished death, you gave us life eternal".

Of the Divine Liturgy in the Church, he came forward after his warm welcome to the Abbot of Bejalla under the Abbot Archimandrites p.