On the morning of Tuesday, June 13, 2023, Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem was awarded the medal the order of the Orthodox Knights of the Holy Sepulchre Doctor Majid Tawfiq Gadous.
This distinction was awarded to the honorable Dr. Gadous for the dedication, care, effort, perseverance, and patience, that he showed for the construction, decoration, and dignity of the Holy Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in the commune of Sakhnin of the region of Acre – Ptolemais of Northern Israel, which was consecrated by the Patriarch and is the jewel and the pride of the Greek Orthodox Community of the entire region.
Patriarch Theophilos praised Doctor Majid and his present wife, who stood by him as another Cyrene.