On Thursday, 9th/22nd January 2026, His Beatitude received a twenty-member delegation of representatives of the Awqaf – Haram al-Sharif (Temple of Solomon), led by Mr Azam Khatib.
Thereafter, the Patriarchal Commissioner, His Eminence Metropolitan Hesychios of Capitolias, received on behalf of His Beatitude a large group of pilgrims from Russia, led by His Eminence Metropolitan Therapon of Kostroma, as well as pilgrims from Romania.
From the Chief Secretariat