Message of unity of the Patriarch of Bulgaria from Gethsemani - The peaceful visit to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem continues for the third daytranslated

Today, Sunday, September 27, 2026, the peaceful visit of the Patriarch of Bulgaria continues for the third day. Daniel in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

At this time, a mass of Primates is being held in the Paniero Church of the Resurrection, on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Living Cross, according to the old calendar.

During his pilgrimage program, His Beatitude, accompanied by the ecclesiastical delegation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and representatives of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, visited the Mount of Olives, the place of the Ascension of the Lord and the Holy Ascension Monastery, as well as the Holy Monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene of the Russians, where accepted by Archimandrite P. Romanos.

Then he worshiped the Theotokos Memorial in Getshimani, in the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Virgin, where he was received with an official pilgrimage welcome by the Abbot, His Eminence Metropolitan of Hellenoupolis Mr. Joakim. There the Patriarch Mr. Daniel worshiped the tomb of the Virgin Mary, as well as the Jerusalem miraculous icon of the Virgin.

In his speech, he referred to the patience of the Virgin Mary and the need...