On April 8, 2024, the day of commemoration of the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary was celebrated by transference according to the Status Quo in the holy shrine of Gethsemane, in which the Theotokos’ Tomb lies.
The feast and the Divine Liturgy were presided over by Metropolitan Isychios of Kapitolias, with the co-celebration of the Holy Sepulchre Archimandrites, Philoumenos, Meletios, Dionysios, Ieronymos, Amfilochios, Priest George Baramki, Archdeacon Mark and Hierodeacon Dositheos. The chanting was delivered by Hierodeacon Simeon, Fr. Ioannis Antoniou, and the students of the Patriarchal School of Sion. The service was attended by monks, nuns, and local pilgrims.
After the Divine Liturgy, a treat was offered at the rectory by the zealous guardian and restorer of the Holy shrine of Gethsemane, Metropolitan Joachim of Helenoupolis.
Source: Patriarchate of Jerusalem