Photo | The Service of the sacred washing of the feet at the Jerusalem Patriarchate

On Holy Thursday morning, April 125, 2019, the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great was celebrated at the Holy Cathedral of St. James the Brother of God, led by  His Beatitude Teophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine, with co-celebrants the Most Reverend Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina, the Most Reverend Archbishop Theodosios of Sebastia and the Assistant Bishop Timotheos of the Patriarchate of Romania.

The chanting was delivered by the Choir Leader of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Mr. Constantinos Spyropoulos in Greek and the Choir of the Cathedral in Arabic.

Immediately after the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, bells tolling, the Service of the Sacred washing of the feet began at the Holy Courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, on an elevated platform, according to the Typikon order of the Church of Jerusalem.

During the service, His Beatitude Theophilos washed the feet of twelve Hagiotaphite Hieromonks and Priests in commemoration of the event that the Lord during the Last Supper before His Passion, washed the feet of His Disciples, leaving them an example of humility.

At the end of the service, the entourage returned to the Patriarchate Headquarters.

Tr by Jerusalem Patriarchate

Photo courtesy of Jerusalem Patriarchate

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