On Friday, February 2, 2024, the commemoration of Euthymius the Great was celebrated by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the homonymous Holy Monastery in the Old City of Jerusalem in the Christian Quarter near the Patriarchate.
In his honour, Vespers was held in the evening and Divine Liturgy in the morning, presided over by the Archbishop Theophanes of Gerassa, with the concelebration of the Archimandrites, Philoumenos and Makarios, the Priests Farah Bandour and Nectarios. The chanting was delivered by Hierodeacon Simeon and the students of the Patriarchal School of Zion with the participation of monks, nuns and Christians from Jerusalem.
During the Divine Liturgy, Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and Holy Sepulchre Fathers came for veneration.
The Patriarchal and Episcopal entourages and the congregation were offered a treat by the good carer and Abbess of the Monastery, nun Sarrah.
Source: Patriarchate of Jerusalem
