On Friday, 3/16 January 2026, the Service of the Great Hours of Theophany took place at the Patriarchate.

This Service was celebrated in the monastic and Patriarchal Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, following the Service of Matins, and was presided over by His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, who read the Gospel of the First Hour and offered the incense.

Thereafter, in accordance with the seniority of their hierarchical rank, the hierarchs read the Gospels of the Third, Sixth, and Ninth Hours.

Following the prayer of the Ninth Hour, the Dismissal was given.

From the Chief Secretariat