The feast of the Council of the Twelve Apostles in Tiberiastranslated

On Monday, July 13, 2026, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated with splendor the Synod of the Twelve Apostles at the Holy Monastery of the Holy Apostles in Tiberias, with His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Mr. Theophilus, to preside over the solemn Divine Liturgy.

In detail, the announcement of the Chief Secretariat of the Patriarchate:

On Monday, June 30 / July 13, 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Synod of the Twelve Holy Apostles, that is, the gathering of the faithful honoring the memory of the twelve holy Apostles. The number twelve is symbolic and symbolizes the twelve tribes, which together make up Israel, i.e. the nations to which the Apostles proclaimed and made up the race of Christians, the kingdom priesthood brought together in the unity of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church of Christ.

Their memory was celebrated by the Patriarchate in the Holy Monastery of the Holy Apostles in Tiberias during Vespers in the evening and Divine Liturgy in the morning, presided over by our Blessed Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem etc. Theofilos, concelebrating with Him the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Nazareth Mr. Kyriakos, the Elder...