On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, the new school year was blessed at the Patriarchal School of the Patriarchate at the Hill of Zion with the blessing of the water, which was officiated by Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem.
The Primate was escorted by the Chairman of the School Board Most Reverend Archbishop Isidoros of Hierapolis, the Managing Director of the School Archimandrite Mattheos and others, at the presence of the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Christos Sophianopoulos, the teachers and students of the school.
After the service of the Blessing of the water at the Church of the Holy Trinity in the school, the Patriarch praised the Managing Director Archimandrite Mattheos who brought 20 students from Greece who remain in the boarding school and follow the educational program of the Ministry of Education of Greece for secondary education and are being prepared to study in Universities and join the Hagiotapite Brotherhood for a pilgrimage mission at the All-Holy Shrines and a pastoral one for the flock.
Source: Patriarchate of Jerusalem