Short History Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra - Jerusalem Patriarchate

<!doctype html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <link rel='stylesheet' href='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/plugin/themeless/normalize.min.css'> <meta name='robots' content='index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1' /> <style>img:is([sizes="auto" i], [sizes^="auto," i]) { contain-intrinsic-size: 3000px 1500px }</style>  <title>Short History Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra - Jerusalem Patriarchate - News Gate</title> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/diplomatic-services/short-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra/" /> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" /> <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Short History Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra - Jerusalem Patriarchate - News Gate" /> <meta property="og:description" content="From the foundation of the Lavra until the Arab conquest (483-638) The Holy and venerable Lavra of our Saint Savvas the Sanctified in the desert of Judea constitutes a unique phenomenon in the Church history, due to its contribution to the configuration of the Orthodox worship, the monastic order and hymn writing, the presence of […]" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/diplomatic-services/short-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra/" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Jerusalem Patriarchate - News Gate" /> <meta property="article:modified_time" content="2024-11-19T12:18:29+00:00" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> <meta name="twitter:label1" content="Est. reading time" /> <meta name="twitter:data1" content="9 minutes" /> <script type="application/ld+json" class="yoast-schema-graph">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/diplomatic-services/short-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra/","url":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/diplomatic-services/short-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra/","name":"Short History Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra - Jerusalem Patriarchate - News Gate","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-03-18T11:10:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-19T12:18:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/diplomatic-services/short-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/diplomatic-services/short-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/diplomatic-services/short-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Diplomatic Services","item":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/diplomatic-services/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Short History Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/#website","url":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/","name":"Jerusalem Patriarchate - News Gate","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}</script>  <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=6.7.2"}}; /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(i,n){var o,s,e;function c(e){try{var t={supportTests:e,timestamp:(new Date).valueOf()};sessionStorage.setItem(o,JSON.stringify(t))}catch(e){}}function p(e,t,n){e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(t,0,0);var t=new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data),r=(e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(n,0,0),new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data));return t.every(function(e,t){return e===r[t]})}function u(e,t,n){switch(t){case"flag":return n(e,"\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200b\u26a7\ufe0f")?!1:!n(e,"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3","\ud83c\uddfa\u200b\ud83c\uddf3")&&!n(e,"\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f","\ud83c\udff4\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc62\u200b\udb40\udc65\u200b\udb40\udc6e\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc7f");case"emoji":return!n(e,"\ud83d\udc26\u200d\u2b1b","\ud83d\udc26\u200b\u2b1b")}return!1}function f(e,t,n){var r="undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?new OffscreenCanvas(300,150):i.createElement("canvas"),a=r.getContext("2d",{willReadFrequently:!0}),o=(a.textBaseline="top",a.font="600 32px Arial",{});return e.forEach(function(e){o[e]=t(a,e,n)}),o}function t(e){var t=i.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=!0,i.head.appendChild(t)}"undefined"!=typeof Promise&&(o="wpEmojiSettingsSupports",s=["flag","emoji"],n.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},e=new Promise(function(e){i.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",e,{once:!0})}),new Promise(function(t){var n=function(){try{var e=JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem(o));if("object"==typeof e&&"number"==typeof e.timestamp&&(new Date).valueOf()<e.timestamp+604800&&"object"==typeof e.supportTests)return e.supportTests}catch(e){}return null}();if(!n){if("undefined"!=typeof Worker&&"undefined"!=typeof OffscreenCanvas&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&URL.createObjectURL&&"undefined"!=typeof Blob)try{var e="postMessage("+f.toString()+"("+[JSON.stringify(s),u.toString(),p.toString()].join(",")+"));",r=new Blob([e],{type:"text/javascript"}),a=new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(r),{name:"wpTestEmojiSupports"});return void(a.onmessage=function(e){c(n=e.data),a.terminate(),t(n)})}catch(e){}c(n=f(s,u,p))}t(n)}).then(function(e){for(var t in e)n.supports[t]=e[t],n.supports.everything=n.supports.everything&&n.supports[t],"flag"!==t&&(n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&n.supports[t]);n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!n.supports.flag,n.DOMReady=!1,n.readyCallback=function(){n.DOMReady=!0}}).then(function(){return e}).then(function(){var e;n.supports.everything||(n.readyCallback(),(e=n.source||{}).concatemoji?t(e.concatemoji):e.wpemoji&&e.twemoji&&(t(e.twemoji),t(e.wpemoji)))}))}((window,document),window._wpemojiSettings); /* ]]> */ </script> <style id='wp-emoji-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> img.wp-smiley, img.emoji { display: inline !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; height: 1em !important; width: 1em !important; margin: 0 0.07em !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; background: none !important; padding: 0 !important; } </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-block-library-css' href='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=6.7.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='classic-theme-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> /*! This file is auto-generated */ .wp-block-button__link{color:#fff;background-color:#32373c;border-radius:9999px;box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;padding:calc(.667em + 2px) calc(1.333em + 2px);font-size:1.125em}.wp-block-file__button{background:#32373c;color:#fff;text-decoration:none} </style> <style id='global-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> :root{--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--square: 1;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--4-3: 4/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-4: 3/4;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-2: 3/2;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--2-3: 2/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--16-9: 16/9;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--9-16: 9/16;--wp--preset--color--black: #000000;--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray: #abb8c3;--wp--preset--color--white: #ffffff;--wp--preset--color--pale-pink: #f78da7;--wp--preset--color--vivid-red: #cf2e2e;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange: #ff6900;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber: #fcb900;--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan: #7bdcb5;--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan: #00d084;--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue: #8ed1fc;--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue: #0693e3;--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple: #9b51e0;--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(6,147,227,1) 0%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(122,220,180) 0%,rgb(0,208,130) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(252,185,0,1) 0%,rgba(255,105,0,1) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,105,0,1) 0%,rgb(207,46,46) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(74,234,220) 0%,rgb(151,120,209) 20%,rgb(207,42,186) 40%,rgb(238,44,130) 60%,rgb(251,105,98) 80%,rgb(254,248,76) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,206,236) 0%,rgb(152,150,240) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(254,205,165) 0%,rgb(254,45,45) 50%,rgb(107,0,62) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,203,112) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 50%,rgb(65,88,208) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--midnight: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(2,3,129) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%);--wp--preset--font-size--small: 13px;--wp--preset--font-size--medium: 20px;--wp--preset--font-size--large: 36px;--wp--preset--font-size--x-large: 42px;--wp--preset--spacing--20: 0.44rem;--wp--preset--spacing--30: 0.67rem;--wp--preset--spacing--40: 1rem;--wp--preset--spacing--50: 1.5rem;--wp--preset--spacing--60: 2.25rem;--wp--preset--spacing--70: 3.38rem;--wp--preset--spacing--80: 5.06rem;--wp--preset--shadow--natural: 6px 6px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--deep: 12px 12px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);--wp--preset--shadow--sharp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--outlined: 6px 6px 0px -3px rgba(255, 255, 255, 1), 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);--wp--preset--shadow--crisp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);}:where(.is-layout-flex){gap: 0.5em;}:where(.is-layout-grid){gap: 0.5em;}body .is-layout-flex{display: flex;}.is-layout-flex{flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;}.is-layout-flex > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}body .is-layout-grid{display: grid;}.is-layout-grid > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;}.has-black-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red) !important;}.has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum) !important;}.has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple) !important;}.has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux) !important;}.has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk) !important;}.has-pale-ocean-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean) !important;}.has-electric-grass-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass) !important;}.has-midnight-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--midnight) !important;}.has-small-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important;}.has-medium-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important;}.has-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large) !important;}.has-x-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large) !important;} :where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;} :where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;} :root :where(.wp-block-pullquote){font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.6;} </style> <link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-json/" /><link rel="alternate" title="JSON" type="application/json" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/37617" /><link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 6.7.2" /> <link rel='shortlink' href='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/?p=37617' /> <link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (JSON)" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.jerusalem-patriarchate.info%2Fdiplomatic-services%2Fshort-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra%2F" /> <link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (XML)" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.jerusalem-patriarchate.info%2Fdiplomatic-services%2Fshort-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra%2F&format=xml" /> <link rel="icon" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-logo_ieros-1-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" /> <link rel="icon" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-logo_ieros-1-192x192.png" sizes="192x192" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-logo_ieros-1-180x180.png" /> <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-logo_ieros-1-270x270.png" />  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/dependencies-files/awesome-menu@1/awesome-menu.css?bd_ver=2.2.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/dependencies-files/lightgallery@2/css/lightgallery-bundle.min.css?bd_ver=2.2.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto Serif:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800;1,900&display=swap" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77958-defaults.css?v=a0c11212128cb9ba66e3131a3957b503" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77959-defaults.css?v=7a7d961e6b80b03d9ea8e10676a1156d" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77982-defaults.css?v=a81280dead01e2891074639037d45941" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77954-defaults.css?v=44d914f6a7975cf92814c3eaa4ff703c" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77956-defaults.css?v=e1549d195c93787d67aab20ce9e08fab" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/global-settings.css?v=2a3140c98ea42673bade99fc2445f49f" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/presets.css?v=5965577c449020884e99d4c3012a7bef" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/selectors.css?v=4117718c5667ade2e918826fc8207a1d" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77958.css?v=9a8825cbdf231e4b5f78a723020dd46d" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77959.css?v=ff8a23810dc7d5ff846702ccb098bd07" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77982.css?v=17ed16ef58d4aa4a7a71ddefc3306f67" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77954.css?v=c9e30d78500e6f586d50807ee0c3214d" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/breakdance/css/post-77956.css?v=5807d5ead9189d4974b3f79d2397a9fb" /> </head> <body class="page-template-default page page-id-37617 page-child parent-pageid-37574 breakdance"> <header class="bde-header-builder-77954-100 bde-header-builder no-print bde-header-builder--sticky bde-header-builder--sticky-scroll-slide bde-header-builder--overlay" data-sticky-scroll-hide-after="150"> <div class="bde-header-builder__container"><div class="bde-div-77954-101 bde-div"> <div class="bde-div-77954-102 bde-div"> <div class="bde-social-icons-77954-103 bde-social-icons"> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/JerusalemPatriarchateEN" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="Facebook" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24"> <path d="M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z"/> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-twitter" href="https://x.com/JPatriarchate" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="twitter" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z" /> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-youtube" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RomiosiniTV" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="youtube" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24"> <path d="M19.615 3.184c-3.604-.246-11.631-.245-15.23 0-3.897.266-4.356 2.62-4.385 8.816.029 6.185.484 8.549 4.385 8.816 3.6.245 11.626.246 15.23 0 3.897-.266 4.356-2.62 4.385-8.816-.029-6.185-.484-8.549-4.385-8.816zm-10.615 12.816v-8l8 3.993-8 4.007z"/> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-custom" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/feed/" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="custom" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><path d="M0 64C0 46.3 14.3 32 32 32c229.8 0 416 186.2 416 416c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32s-32-14.3-32-32C384 253.6 226.4 96 32 96C14.3 96 0 81.7 0 64zM0 416a64 64 0 1 1 128 0A64 64 0 1 1 0 416zM32 160c159.1 0 288 128.9 288 288c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32s-32-14.3-32-32c0-123.7-100.3-224-224-224c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32z"/></svg> </a> </div> </div><div class="bde-div-77954-104 bde-div"> <div class="bde-wp-menu-77954-105 bde-wp-menu"> <nav class="breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse "> <button class="breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze" type="button" aria-label="Open Menu" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-105"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-icon"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-lines"></span> </span> </button> <ul class="breakdance-menu-list" id="menu-105"> <li id="menu-item-37795" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-37795 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">El</a></li> <li id="menu-item-37796" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-37796 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://ar.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Ar</a></li> <li id="menu-item-37797" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-37797 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://ru.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Ru</a></li> <li id="menu-item-37798" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-37798 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://ro.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Ro</a></li> <li id="menu-item-37799" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-37799 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">En</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div><div class="bde-search-form-77954-106 bde-search-form"> <form id="search-form-106" role="search" method="get" data-type="classic" aria-hidden="false" class="js-search-form search-form search-form--classic" action="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info"> <div class="search-form__container"> <button type="submit" aria-label="search" class="search-form__button"> <svg width="100%" aria-hidden="true" class="search-form__icon--search" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M504.1 471l-134-134C399.1 301.5 415.1 256.8 415.1 208c0-114.9-93.13-208-208-208S-.0002 93.13-.0002 208S93.12 416 207.1 416c48.79 0 93.55-16.91 129-45.04l134 134C475.7 509.7 481.9 512 488 512s12.28-2.344 16.97-7.031C514.3 495.6 514.3 480.4 504.1 471zM48 208c0-88.22 71.78-160 160-160s160 71.78 160 160s-71.78 160-160 160S48 296.2 48 208z"/></svg> </button> <label class="screen-reader-text" for="search-form-field-106">Search for:</label> <input id="search-form-field-106" type="text" class="js-search-form-field search-form__field" placeholder="Search" value="" name="s" /> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div><div class="bde-div-77954-107 bde-div"> <div class="bde-social-icons-77954-108 bde-social-icons"> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/JerusalemPatriarchateEN" target="_self" data-type="url" aria-label="Facebook" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24"> <path d="M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z"/> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-twitter" href="https://x.com/JPatriarchate" target="_self" data-type="url" aria-label="twitter" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z" /> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-youtube" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RomiosiniTV" target="_self" data-type="url" aria-label="youtube" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24"> <path d="M19.615 3.184c-3.604-.246-11.631-.245-15.23 0-3.897.266-4.356 2.62-4.385 8.816.029 6.185.484 8.549 4.385 8.816 3.6.245 11.626.246 15.23 0 3.897-.266 4.356-2.62 4.385-8.816-.029-6.185-.484-8.549-4.385-8.816zm-10.615 12.816v-8l8 3.993-8 4.007z"/> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-custom" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/feed/" target="_self" data-type="url" aria-label="custom" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><path d="M0 64C0 46.3 14.3 32 32 32c229.8 0 416 186.2 416 416c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32s-32-14.3-32-32C384 253.6 226.4 96 32 96C14.3 96 0 81.7 0 64zM0 416a64 64 0 1 1 128 0A64 64 0 1 1 0 416zM32 160c159.1 0 288 128.9 288 288c0 17.7-14.3 32-32 32s-32-14.3-32-32c0-123.7-100.3-224-224-224c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32z"/></svg> </a> </div><div class="bde-search-form-77954-109 bde-search-form"> <form id="search-form-109" role="search" method="get" data-type="classic" aria-hidden="false" class="js-search-form search-form search-form--classic" action="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info"> <div class="search-form__container"> <button type="submit" aria-label="search" class="search-form__button"> <svg width="100%" aria-hidden="true" class="search-form__icon--search" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M504.1 471l-134-134C399.1 301.5 415.1 256.8 415.1 208c0-114.9-93.13-208-208-208S-.0002 93.13-.0002 208S93.12 416 207.1 416c48.79 0 93.55-16.91 129-45.04l134 134C475.7 509.7 481.9 512 488 512s12.28-2.344 16.97-7.031C514.3 495.6 514.3 480.4 504.1 471zM48 208c0-88.22 71.78-160 160-160s160 71.78 160 160s-71.78 160-160 160S48 296.2 48 208z"/></svg> </button> <label class="screen-reader-text" for="search-form-field-109">Search for:</label> <input id="search-form-field-109" type="text" class="js-search-form-field search-form__field" placeholder="Search" value="" name="s" /> </div> </form> </div><div class="bde-wp-menu-77954-110 bde-wp-menu"> <nav class="breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse "> <button class="breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze" type="button" aria-label="Open Menu" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-110"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-icon"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-lines"></span> </span> </button> <ul class="breakdance-menu-list" id="menu-110"> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-37795 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">El</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-37796 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://ar.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Ar</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-37797 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://ru.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Ru</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-37798 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://ro.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Ro</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-37799 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/" class="breakdance-menu-link">En</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div><div class="bde-div-77954-111 bde-div"> <a class="bde-container-link-77954-112 bde-container-link breakdance-link" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info" target="_self" data-type="url"> <div class="bde-image-77954-113 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--53710"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LOGOsmall3.png" width="250" height="110" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"></div> </div></figure> </div> </a><div class="bde-div-77954-114 bde-div"> <div class="bde-menu-77954-115 bde-menu"> <nav class="breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse "> <button class="breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze" type="button" aria-label="Open Menu" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-115"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-icon"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-lines"></span> </span> </button> <ul class="breakdance-menu-list" id="menu-115"> <li class="breakdance-menu-topbar"> <a class="breakdance-menu-topbar-logo" href="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/"> <img src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LOGOsmall2.png" alt="" width="" /> </a> <button class="breakdance-menu-close-button" type="button">Close</button> </li> <li class="breakdance-menu-item-77954-116 breakdance-menu-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-menu-link" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info" target="_self" data-type="url" > HOME PAGE </a> </li><li class="breakdance-menu-item-77954-117 breakdance-menu-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-menu-link" href="/newsgate/" target="_self" data-type="url" > NEWS </a> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77954-118 bde-menu-dropdown breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-118" > PATRIARCH </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-118" aria-label="PATRIARCH Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-118"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/welcoming-note-of-his-beatitude-our-father-and-patriarch-of-jerusalem-theophilos/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Welcoming Note </span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/curriculum-vitae/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Curriculum Vitae</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/apostolic-succession/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Apostolic Succession</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/patriarchs-office/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarch’s Office</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li id="main-menu-dropdown" class="bde-menu-dropdown-77954-119 bde-menu-dropdown breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown breakdance-dropdown--custom "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-119" > ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-119" aria-label="ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-119"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column breakdance-dropdown-column--collapsible"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-column__title" role="heading" aria-level="3">PATRIARCHATE</span> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/the-holy-and-sacred-synod/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy and Sacred Synod</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/bishops/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Bishops</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-sepulchre-brotherhood/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/patriarchate/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarchate</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/committees/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Committees</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/ecclesiastical-press/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Ecclesiastical Press</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/educational-centres/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Educational Centres</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/ecclesiastical-courts/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Ecclesiastical Courts</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column breakdance-dropdown-column--collapsible"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-column__title" role="heading" aria-level="3">HOLY SHRINES – ARCHDIOCESES – CHURCHES</span> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/all-holy-pilgrimage-sites/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">All-holy Shrines</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-monasteries-and-churches-in-jerusalem/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Monasteries and Churches in Jerusalem</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-monasteries-and-hegoumeneia-abbots-quarters-outside-jerusalem/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Monasteries Outside Jerusalem</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/russian-speaking-community-parishes/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">External Rectories</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-bishoprics/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Metropolis</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/churches-in-the-east-bank-jordan/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Churches in the East Bank (Jordan)</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/churches-in-the-west-bank/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Churches in the West Bank</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column breakdance-dropdown-column--collapsible"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-column__title" role="heading" aria-level="3">COMMITEES – EXARCHIES – FOUNDATIONS</span> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/patriarchal-management-committees/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarchal Management Committees</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/exarchies-of-the-all-holy-sepulchre/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Exarchies of the All Holy Sepulchre</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-monastery-of-the-god-trodden-mount-sinai/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Monastery of the God-trodden Mount Sinai</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/foundations-and-charity-associations/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Foundations and Charity Associations</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77954-120 bde-menu-dropdown breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-120" > THE ORTHODOX CHURCH </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-120" aria-label="THE ORTHODOX CHURCH Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-120"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-orthodox-church/primeval-patriarchates/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Primeval Patriarchates</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-orthodox-church/latter-patriarchates/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Latter Patriarchates</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-orthodox-church/autocephalous-churches/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Autocephalous Churches</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-orthodox-church/relevant-websites/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Relevant Websites</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77954-121 bde-menu-dropdown breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-121" > COMMUNICATION </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-121" aria-label="COMMUNICATION Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-121"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/patriarchs-office/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarch’s Office</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/communication/patriarchal-commissioner/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarchal Commissioner</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/communication/secretariat-general/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Secretariat - General</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/communication/press-and-information-office/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Press and Information Office</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/communication/website-administration-communication/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Website Administration (Communication)</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </nav> </div><div class="bde-text-77954-122 bde-text"> Menu </div> </div> </div></div> </header><header class="bde-header-builder-77954-123 bde-header-builder no-print bde-header-builder--sticky bde-header-builder--sticky-scroll-slide bde-header-builder--sticky-styles bde-header-builder--sticky-scroll-start-off-hidden bde-header-builder--sticky-scroll-hide bde-header-builder--overlay" data-sticky-hide-until-scroll-distance="200" data-sticky-reveal-on-scroll-up="yes"> <div class="bde-header-builder__container"><div class="bde-div-77954-124 bde-div"> <a class="bde-container-link-77954-125 bde-container-link breakdance-link" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info" target="_self" data-type="url"> <div class="bde-image-77954-126 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--53710"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LOGOsmall3.png" width="250" height="110" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"></div> </div></figure> </div> </a><div class="bde-menu-77954-141 bde-menu"> <nav class="breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse "> <button class="breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze" type="button" aria-label="Open Menu" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-141"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-icon"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-lines"></span> </span> </button> <ul class="breakdance-menu-list" id="menu-141"> <li class="breakdance-menu-topbar"> <a class="breakdance-menu-topbar-logo" href="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/"> <img src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LOGOsmall2.png" alt="" width="" /> </a> <button class="breakdance-menu-close-button" type="button">Close</button> </li> <li class="breakdance-menu-item-77954-142 breakdance-menu-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-menu-link" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info" target="_self" data-type="url" > HOME PAGE </a> </li><li class="breakdance-menu-item-77954-143 breakdance-menu-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-menu-link" href="/newsgate/" target="_self" data-type="url" > NEWS </a> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77954-144 bde-menu-dropdown breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-144" > PATRIARCH </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-144" aria-label="PATRIARCH Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-144"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/welcoming-note-of-his-beatitude-our-father-and-patriarch-of-jerusalem-theophilos/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Welcoming Note </span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/curriculum-vitae/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Curriculum Vitae</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/apostolic-succession/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Apostolic Succession</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/patriarchs-office/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarch’s Office</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li id="main-menu-dropdown" class="bde-menu-dropdown-77954-145 bde-menu-dropdown breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown breakdance-dropdown--custom "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-145" > ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-145" aria-label="ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-145"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column breakdance-dropdown-column--collapsible"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-column__title" role="heading" aria-level="3">PATRIARCHATE</span> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/the-holy-and-sacred-synod/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy and Sacred Synod</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/bishops/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Bishops</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-sepulchre-brotherhood/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/patriarchate/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarchate</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/committees/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Committees</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/ecclesiastical-press/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Ecclesiastical Press</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/educational-centres/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Educational Centres</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/ecclesiastical-courts/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Ecclesiastical Courts</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column breakdance-dropdown-column--collapsible"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-column__title" role="heading" aria-level="3">HOLY SHRINES – ARCHDIOCESES – CHURCHES</span> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/all-holy-pilgrimage-sites/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">All-holy Shrines</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-monasteries-and-churches-in-jerusalem/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Monasteries and Churches in Jerusalem</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-monasteries-and-hegoumeneia-abbots-quarters-outside-jerusalem/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Monasteries Outside Jerusalem</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/russian-speaking-community-parishes/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">External Rectories</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-bishoprics/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Metropolis</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/churches-in-the-east-bank-jordan/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Churches in the East Bank (Jordan)</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/churches-in-the-west-bank/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Churches in the West Bank</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column breakdance-dropdown-column--collapsible"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-column__title" role="heading" aria-level="3">COMMITEES – EXARCHIES – FOUNDATIONS</span> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/patriarchal-management-committees/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarchal Management Committees</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/exarchies-of-the-all-holy-sepulchre/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Exarchies of the All Holy Sepulchre</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/holy-monastery-of-the-god-trodden-mount-sinai/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Monastery of the God-trodden Mount Sinai</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/administrative-structure/foundations-and-charity-associations/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Foundations and Charity Associations</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77954-146 bde-menu-dropdown breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-146" > THE ORTHODOX CHURCH </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-146" aria-label="THE ORTHODOX CHURCH Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-146"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-orthodox-church/primeval-patriarchates/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Primeval Patriarchates</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-orthodox-church/latter-patriarchates/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Latter Patriarchates</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-orthodox-church/autocephalous-churches/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Autocephalous Churches</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-orthodox-church/relevant-websites/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Relevant Websites</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77954-147 bde-menu-dropdown breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-147" > COMMUNICATION </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-147" aria-label="COMMUNICATION Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-147"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/patriarch/patriarchs-office/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarch’s Office</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/communication/patriarchal-commissioner/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarchal Commissioner</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/communication/secretariat-general/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Secretariat - General</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/communication/press-and-information-office/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Press and Information Office</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/communication/website-administration-communication/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Website Administration (Communication)</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div></div> </header><div class="bde-globalblock-77958-100 bde-globalblock no-print"> <section class="bde-section-77959-100-77959-1 bde-section bde-section-77959-100"> <div class="section-container"><h1 class="bde-heading-77959-101-77959-1 bde-heading bde-heading-77959-101"> Short History Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra </h1><div class="bde-breadcrumbs-77959-102-77959-1 bde-breadcrumbs bde-breadcrumbs-77959-102"> <span><span><a href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/">Home</a></span> <span class="separator">/</span> <span><a href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/diplomatic-services/">Diplomatic Services</a></span> <span class="separator">/</span> <span class="breadcrumb_last" aria-current="page">Short History Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra</span></span> </div></div> </section> </div><section class="bde-section-77958-101 bde-section"> <div class="section-container"><div class="bde-columns-77958-102 bde-columns"><div class="bde-column-77958-103 bde-column no-print"> <div class="bde-div-77958-104 bde-div"> <div class="bde-image-77958-105 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--79224"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/line2-150x37-1.png" width="150" height="37" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px"></div> </div></figure> </div><div class="bde-globalblock-77958-144 bde-globalblock"> <div class="bde-div-77982-101-77982-1 bde-div bde-div-77982-101"> <div class="bde-menu-77982-102-77982-1 bde-menu bde-menu-77982-102"> <nav class="breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse breakdance-menu--vertical "> <button class="breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze" type="button" aria-label="Open Menu" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-102"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-icon"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-lines"></span> </span> </button> <ul class="breakdance-menu-list" id="menu-102"> <li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77982-103-77982-1 bde-menu-dropdown bde-menu-dropdown-77982-103 breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-103" > THE HOLY LAND </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-103" aria-label="THE HOLY LAND Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-103"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/the-greek-orthodox-patriarchate-of-jerusalem/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/patriarchal-luminaries/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Patriarchal Luminaries</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/renowned-spiritual-luminaries/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Renowned Spiritual Luminaries</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/holy-services-according-to-the-typicon-of-1122/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Services According to the Typicon of 1122</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/paris-and-berlin-conventions/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Paris and Berlin Conventions</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/jerusalem-as-devotional-centre/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Jerusalem as Devotional Centre</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/great-religious-feasts/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Great Religious Feasts</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/manuscripts-of-the-holy-land/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Manuscripts of the Holy Land</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/decrees-of-emperor-justinian/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Decrees of Emperor Justinian</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/palestine-under-arab-rule/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Palestine Under Arab Rule</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/jerusalem-topography/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Jerusalem Topography</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-land/monasticism/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Monasticism</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77982-104-77982-1 bde-menu-dropdown bde-menu-dropdown-77982-104 breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-104" > THE HOLY SEPULCHRE AND THE <br>ALL-HOLY CHURCH OF THE <br>RESURRECTION </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-104" aria-label="THE HOLY SEPULCHRE AND THE <br>ALL-HOLY CHURCH OF THE <br>RESURRECTION Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-104"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/the-holy-courtyard/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Courtyard</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/the-holy-door/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Door</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/the-holy-deposition-from-the-cross/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Deposition from the Cross</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/the-horrendous-golgotha/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Horrendous Golgotha</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/the-holy-edicule/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Edicule</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/the-holy-light/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Light</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/the-church-of-the-resurrection/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Church of the Resurrection</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/the-chapels/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Chapels</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/pilgrimage-status/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Status Quo of Worship in the Middle East</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77982-105-77982-1 bde-menu-dropdown bde-menu-dropdown-77982-105 breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-105" > HOLY SHRINES </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-105" aria-label="HOLY SHRINES Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-105"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/holy-bethlehem/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Bethlehem</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/holy-gethsemane/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Gethsemane</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/the-mount-of-olives/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Mount of Olives</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/in-jerusalem-a/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">In Jerusalem A</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/in-jerusalem-b/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">In Jerusalem B</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/the-holy-monastery-of-the-sacred-cross/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Monastery of the Sacred Cross</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/holy-shrines-outside-jerusalem/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Shrines Outside Jerusalem</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/the-holy-monastery-of-saint-gerasimos-the-jordanian/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Monastery of Saint Gerasimos of the Jordan</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/the-holy-monastery-of-saint-theodosius-the-cenobiarch/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Monastery of Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/the-holy-monastery-of-sarantarion-mountain-or-temptation/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Monastery of Sarantarion Mountain or Temptation</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/the-holy-monastery-of-saint-george-choziba/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Monastery of Saint George Hozeva</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/holy-shrines-in-galilee/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text"> Holy Shrines in Galilee</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/the-holy-monastery-of-mount-tabor/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Monastery of Mount Tabor</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/the-holy-monastery-of-the-holy-archangels-in-joppa/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Joppa</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/holy-monastery-of-the-god-trodden-mount-sinai/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Monastery of the God trodden Mount Sinai</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/holy-pilgrimage-sites/holy-shrines-in-jordan/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Shrines in Jordan</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77982-106-77982-1 bde-menu-dropdown bde-menu-dropdown-77982-106 breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-106" > DIPLOMATIC SERVICES </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-106" aria-label="DIPLOMATIC SERVICES Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-106"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/diplomatic-services/st-sabbas/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">St Sabbas</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/diplomatic-services/saint-savvas-lavra/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Saint Savva’s Lavra</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/diplomatic-services/short-history-account-of-saint-savvas-lavra/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Short history Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/diplomatic-services/the-patriarchal-school-of-sion/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Patriarchal School of Sion</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/diplomatic-services/the-holy-sacristy/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Sacristy</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/diplomatic-services/the-patriarchal-museum/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Patriarchal Museum</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/diplomatic-services/the-patriarchal-registry/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Patriarchal Registry</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/diplomatic-services/the-patriarchal-library/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Patriarchal Library</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77982-107-77982-1 bde-menu-dropdown bde-menu-dropdown-77982-107 breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-107" > HISTORY </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-107" aria-label="HISTORY Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-107"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/the-first-church/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The First Church</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/the-peak-of-the-church-of-jerusalem/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Peak of the Church of Jerusalem</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/period-of-great-hardships/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Period of Great hardships</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/period-of-the-crusaders/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Period of the Crusaders</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/period-of-the-mameluks/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Period of the Mameluks</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/period-of-the-ottoman-turks-rule/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Period of the Ottoman Turks Rule</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/end-of-the-18th-century/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">End of the 18th Century</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/orthodox-in-the-holy-land/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Orthodox in the Holy Land</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/non-orthodox-in-the-holy-land/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Non – Orthodox in the Holy Land</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/the-hadjides/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The “Hadjides”</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/the-theological-school-of-the-cross/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Theological School of the Cross</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/jordanian-law/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Jordanian Law</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/epilogue/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Epilogue</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/general/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">General</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/ecumenical-synods/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Ecumenical Synods</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/settlement-of-foreign-denominations-and-orders/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Settlement of Foreign Denominations and Orders</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/holy-shrines/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Holy Shrines</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/history/other/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Other Dates of Renovation and Construction of Monasteries and Churches</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="bde-menu-dropdown-77982-108-77982-1 bde-menu-dropdown bde-menu-dropdown-77982-108 breakdance-menu-item"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown "> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-toggle"> <button class="breakdance-menu-link" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-108" > LITURGICAL LIFE </button> <button class="breakdance-menu-link-arrow" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="dropdown-108" aria-label="LITURGICAL LIFE Submenu"></button> </div> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-floater" aria-hidden="true" id="dropdown-108"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-body"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-section breakdance-dropdown-section--"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-columns"> <div class="breakdance-dropdown-column "> <ul class="breakdance-dropdown-links"> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/liturgical-life/liturgical-language/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Liturgical Language</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/liturgical-life/psalmody/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Psalmody</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/liturgical-life/church-services-according-to-sylvia/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Church Services According to Sylvia</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/liturgical-life/great-lent-according-to-sylvia/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Great Lent According to Sylvia</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/liturgical-life/the-holy-week-and-easter-pascha/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">The Holy Week and Easter (Pascha)</span> </span> </a> </li> <li class="breakdance-dropdown-item"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-dropdown-link" href="/liturgical-life/major-feasts/" target="_self" data-type="url" > <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__label"> <span class="breakdance-dropdown-link__text">Major Feasts</span> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="breakdance-menu-item-77982-109-77982-1 breakdance-menu-item breakdance-menu-item-77982-109"> <a class="breakdance-link breakdance-menu-link" href="/website-administration/" target="_self" data-type="url" > WEBSITE ADMINISTRATION </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div><div class="bde-image-77958-114 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--79225"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/line2_down-150x37-1.png" width="150" height="37" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px"></div> </div></figure> </div><div class="bde-social-icons-77958-115 bde-social-icons"> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/JerusalemPatriarchateEN" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="facebook" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24"> <path d="M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z"/> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-twitter" href="https://x.com/JPatriarchate" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="twitter" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z" /> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-youtube" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RomiosiniTV" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="youtube" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24"> <path d="M19.615 3.184c-3.604-.246-11.631-.245-15.23 0-3.897.266-4.356 2.62-4.385 8.816.029 6.185.484 8.549 4.385 8.816 3.6.245 11.626.246 15.23 0 3.897-.266 4.356-2.62 4.385-8.816-.029-6.185-.484-8.549-4.385-8.816zm-10.615 12.816v-8l8 3.993-8 4.007z"/> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-custom" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/feed/" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="custom" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="icon-rss" viewBox="0 0 32 32"> <path d="M4.259 23.467c-2.35 0-4.259 1.917-4.259 4.252 0 2.349 1.909 4.244 4.259 4.244 2.358 0 4.265-1.895 4.265-4.244-0-2.336-1.907-4.252-4.265-4.252zM0.005 10.873v6.133c3.993 0 7.749 1.562 10.577 4.391 2.825 2.822 4.384 6.595 4.384 10.603h6.16c-0-11.651-9.478-21.127-21.121-21.127zM0.012 0v6.136c14.243 0 25.836 11.604 25.836 25.864h6.152c0-17.64-14.352-32-31.988-32z"/> </svg> </a> </div><div class="bde-image-77958-116 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--60065"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/left_symbol_top-150x40.png" width="150" height="40" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px"></div> </div></figure> </div> </div> </div><div class="bde-column-77958-117 bde-column"> <div class="bde-div-77958-118 bde-div"> <h2 class="bde-heading-77958-119 bde-heading"> Short History Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra </h2><div class="bde-image-77958-120 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--52309"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/left_symbol_top.png" width="250" height="40" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" alt="left_symbol_top"></div> </div></figure> </div> </div><div class="bde-code-block-77958-121 bde-code-block"> </div><div class="bde-div-77958-122 bde-div no-print"> <div class="bde-div-77958-123 bde-div"> <div class="bde-text-77958-124 bde-text"> Share </div><div class="bde-social-share-buttons-77958-125 bde-social-share-buttons"> <div class="bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-mobile js-breakdance-share-mobile"> <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 16 16"> <path d="M11 2.5a2.5 2.5 0 1 1 .603 1.628l-6.718 3.12c.154.49.154 1.015 0 1.504l6.718 3.12a2.5 2.5 0 1 1-.488.876l-6.718-3.12a2.5 2.5 0 1 1 0-3.256l6.718-3.12A2.504 2.504 0 0 1 11 2.5Z" fill="currentColor"/> </svg> </span> </div> <div class="js-breakdance-share-button bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-facebook" data-network="Facebook" > <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fab" class="svg-inline--fa fa-facebook fa-w-16" role="img" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 800 800"> <path d="M768 0H32C14.3 0 0 14.3 0 32v736c0 17.7 14.3 32 32 32h736c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32V32c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32Zm-92.4 233.5h-63.9c-50.1 0-59.8 23.8-59.8 58.8v77.1h119.6l-15.6 120.7h-104V800H427.2V490.2H322.9V369.4h104.3v-89c0-103.3 63.1-159.6 155.3-159.6 44.2 0 82.1 3.3 93.2 4.8v107.9h-.1Z" fill="currentColor"/> </svg> </span> </div> <div class="js-breakdance-share-button bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-twitter" data-network="Twitter" > <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fab" class="svg-inline--fa fa-twitter fa-w-16" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path fill="currentColor" d="M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z" /> </svg> </span> </div> <div class="js-breakdance-share-button bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-telegram" data-network="Telegram" > <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fab" class="svg-inline--fa fa-telegram fa-w-16" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 496 512"> <path fill="currentColor" d="M248 8C111 8 0 119 0 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S385 8 248 8zm121.8 169.9l-40.7 191.8c-3 13.6-11.1 16.9-22.4 10.5l-62-45.7-29.9 28.8c-3.3 3.3-6.1 6.1-12.5 6.1l4.4-63.1 114.9-103.8c5-4.4-1.1-6.9-7.7-2.5l-142 89.4-61.2-19.1c-13.3-4.2-13.6-13.3 2.8-19.7l239.1-92.2c11.1-4 20.8 2.7 17.2 19.5z"></path> </svg> </span> </div> <div class="js-breakdance-share-button bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-email" data-network="Email" > <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg class="svg-inline--fa fa-envelope-square fa-w-14" role="img" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 20 16"> <path d="M18 0H2C.9 0 .01.9.01 2L0 14c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V2c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2Zm0 4-8 5-8-5V2l8 5 8-5v2Z" fill="currentColor"/> </svg> </span> </div> <div class="js-breakdance-share-button bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-linkedin" data-network="LinkedIn" > <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fab" class="svg-inline--fa fa-linkedin fa-w-14" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"> <path fill="currentColor" d="M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z"></path> </svg> </span> </div> <div class="js-breakdance-share-button bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-whatsapp" data-network="WhatsApp" > <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fab" class="svg-inline--fa fa-whatsapp fa-w-14" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"> <path fill="currentColor" d="M380.9 97.1C339 55.1 283.2 32 223.9 32c-122.4 0-222 99.6-222 222 0 39.1 10.2 77.3 29.6 111L0 480l117.7-30.9c32.4 17.7 68.9 27 106.1 27h.1c122.3 0 224.1-99.6 224.1-222 0-59.3-25.2-115-67.1-157zm-157 341.6c-33.2 0-65.7-8.9-94-25.7l-6.7-4-69.8 18.3L72 359.2l-4.4-7c-18.5-29.4-28.2-63.3-28.2-98.2 0-101.7 82.8-184.5 184.6-184.5 49.3 0 95.6 19.2 130.4 54.1 34.8 34.9 56.2 81.2 56.1 130.5 0 101.8-84.9 184.6-186.6 184.6zm101.2-138.2c-5.5-2.8-32.8-16.2-37.9-18-5.1-1.9-8.8-2.8-12.5 2.8-3.7 5.6-14.3 18-17.6 21.8-3.2 3.7-6.5 4.2-12 1.4-32.6-16.3-54-29.1-75.5-66-5.7-9.8 5.7-9.1 16.3-30.3 1.8-3.7.9-6.9-.5-9.7-1.4-2.8-12.5-30.1-17.1-41.2-4.5-10.8-9.1-9.3-12.5-9.5-3.2-.2-6.9-.2-10.6-.2-3.7 0-9.7 1.4-14.8 6.9-5.1 5.6-19.4 19-19.4 46.3 0 27.3 19.9 53.7 22.6 57.4 2.8 3.7 39.1 59.7 94.8 83.8 35.2 15.2 49 16.5 66.6 13.9 10.7-1.6 32.8-13.4 37.4-26.4 4.6-13 4.6-24.1 3.2-26.4-1.3-2.5-5-3.9-10.5-6.6z"></path> </svg> </span> </div> </div><div class="bde-rich-text-77958-126 bde-rich-text viber-btn breakdance-rich-text-styles"> <a style="text-decoration: none;" id="viber_share" ><button><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/icons8-viber-50.png" /></button> </a> <script> var buttonID = "viber_share"; var text = ""; document.getElementById(buttonID) .setAttribute('href',"viber://forward?text=" + encodeURIComponent(text + " " + window.location.href)); </script> </div> </div><div class="bde-div-77958-127 bde-div"> <div class="bde-social-share-buttons-77958-128 bde-social-share-buttons print-btn"> <div class="bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-mobile js-breakdance-share-mobile"> <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 16 16"> <path d="M11 2.5a2.5 2.5 0 1 1 .603 1.628l-6.718 3.12c.154.49.154 1.015 0 1.504l6.718 3.12a2.5 2.5 0 1 1-.488.876l-6.718-3.12a2.5 2.5 0 1 1 0-3.256l6.718-3.12A2.504 2.504 0 0 1 11 2.5Z" fill="currentColor"/> </svg> </span> </div> <div class="js-breakdance-share-button bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-print" data-network="Print" > <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fas" class="svg-inline--fa fa-print fa-w-16" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path fill="currentColor" d="M448 192V77.25c0-8.49-3.37-16.62-9.37-22.63L393.37 9.37c-6-6-14.14-9.37-22.63-9.37H96C78.33 0 64 14.33 64 32v160c-35.35 0-64 28.65-64 64v112c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16h48v96c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h320c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-96h48c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16V256c0-35.35-28.65-64-64-64zm-64 256H128v-96h256v96zm0-224H128V64h192v48c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16h48v96zm48 72c-13.25 0-24-10.75-24-24 0-13.26 10.75-24 24-24s24 10.74 24 24c0 13.25-10.75 24-24 24z"></path> </svg> </span> </div> </div><div class="bde-social-share-buttons-77958-129 bde-social-share-buttons pdf-tsr-btn"> <div class="bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-mobile js-breakdance-share-mobile"> <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 16 16"> <path d="M11 2.5a2.5 2.5 0 1 1 .603 1.628l-6.718 3.12c.154.49.154 1.015 0 1.504l6.718 3.12a2.5 2.5 0 1 1-.488.876l-6.718-3.12a2.5 2.5 0 1 1 0-3.256l6.718-3.12A2.504 2.504 0 0 1 11 2.5Z" fill="currentColor"/> </svg> </span> </div> <div class="js-breakdance-share-button bde-social-share-button bde-social-share-button-print" data-network="Print" > <span class="bde-social-share-button-icon"> <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fas" class="svg-inline--fa fa-print fa-w-16" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path fill="currentColor" d="M448 192V77.25c0-8.49-3.37-16.62-9.37-22.63L393.37 9.37c-6-6-14.14-9.37-22.63-9.37H96C78.33 0 64 14.33 64 32v160c-35.35 0-64 28.65-64 64v112c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16h48v96c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h320c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-96h48c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16V256c0-35.35-28.65-64-64-64zm-64 256H128v-96h256v96zm0-224H128V64h192v48c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16h48v96zm48 72c-13.25 0-24-10.75-24-24 0-13.26 10.75-24 24-24s24 10.74 24 24c0 13.25-10.75 24-24 24z"></path> </svg> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="bde-rich-text-77958-130 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles"> <p><strong>From the foundation of the Lavra until the Arab conquest (483-638)</strong></p> <p>The Holy and venerable Lavra of our Saint Savvas the Sanctified in the desert of Judea constitutes a unique phenomenon in the Church history, due to its contribution to the configuration of the Orthodox worship, the monastic order and hymn writing, the presence of a multitude of Saints, strict anchorites, God-inspired theologians and martyrs. Moreover, it has significantly contributed to the fight against all the heresies that came up in the Holy Land after the Lavra’s foundation and it has defended the Orthodox faith together with the rights of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.</p> <p>Numbering more than 1500 years of unceasing activity (483-2002), the Great Lavra of Saint Savvas owes its foundation and subsequent course to the full of grace bearer of the Holy Spirit monk, Saint Savvas (439-532), who became a lamp that stood up high for all who wanted to live the anchorite life and a strong advocate to the Lord for all succeeding “Savvaites” monks. The core of the first Lavra was formed by the 70 anchorites who gathered around Saint Savvas since 483. Later on the Lavra was moved from the east side of Brook Kidron that hosted the hermitage of Saint Savvas, to the west side, where the God-built Cave was made into a church (486-491). The increase in the Brotherhood number imposed the necessity of building the big Church of Theotokos (501) and the efficient organization of the buildings and the services, in order to meet the demands of the Lavra. The fame of Saint Savvas’ holiness and by virtue of it, his designation as leader and legislator of all anchorites in Jerusalem (493), had an impact on the Great Lavra, which became the prototype for the life and the liturgic order, the Typikon, not only for the three Lavrae and the six Coenobitic Monasteries Saint Savvas had founded by the time of his death (532), but also for the rest of the monasteries in Palestine in the intermediate years and for the Church as a whole. Saint Savvas’ Great Lavra fought vigorously against Monophycitism in the years 512-516, and juxtaposed Emperor Anastasios and the rest of the Patriarchates in the East which were in the hands of Monophycists. The steadfast assembly and confession of faith of the desert anchorites redeemed the Patriarchate of Jerusalem from heresy. The successor Hegoumens of Saint Savvas recovered the role of the Lavra as a firm bastion against the heresy of Origen. With the guidance of Saint John the Hesychast, former Bishop of Cologne (454-558), the Lavra Hegoumens Gelasios (537-546), Cassian (547-548) and Konon (548-568), repelled the wiles of Origenists and the intrigue against Emperor Justinian, but not without retaliation. The Lavra was one of the few which had been left to the Orthodox, and the monks there endured prosecutions and ferocities, even the violent enthronement of an Origenist Hegoumen (547). Nevertheless, God protected the Lavra and Konon’s actions contributed greatly in the convergence of the 5<sup>th</sup> Ecumenical Synod (553) which condemned Origen’s fallacies. The appearance of the Persians in the Holy Land (614) was the preamble for the Arab advent of Islam (638). Similarly, the beginning of the martyr saints of the Lavra was made by the 44 Savvaites monks who were slaughtered by the Persian army on 16<sup>th</sup> May 614.</p> <p><strong>Arabs, Crusaders and Mamluks (638-1517)</strong></p> <p>After the Arab conquest and the reorganization of Saint Savvas’ Great Lavra from Patriarch Modestos, the most glorious period followed in the 8<sup>th</sup> and part of the 9<sup>th</sup> century. The most profound theologian of the 8<sup>th</sup> century, Saint John of Damascus, the Hymn composer Cosmas Agiopolitis, Stephen the Melodist, Mihail Sygelos, Theodore and Theophanes Graptoi, and Father Jonah Savvaitis, Theodore Bishop of Karron, five eminent for their holiness and theology Saints – Stephen the wonderworker, Theodore Bishop of Edessa, Mihail the blessed martyr, and the blessed martyrs Vakhos and George Bethlehem – make up the refined Brotherhood which adorned the Church of Jerusalem and the Church as a whole, and was added to the older Saints and Martyrs of the Lavra – Abramios Bishop of Kratea, Xenophontas, Arkadios, John, Antiohos and Anastasios the Persian. Despite the ferocious attacks, the multitude of barbarians (796,809,813) and the general disorder, the beneficence of the Lavra to the Church reaches its highest point. The significance of the Lavra to Theology is proven by Saint John of Damascus’ contribution in the first Iconoclast phase (726-787) and that of Saints Mihail and Sygelos, Theophanes and Theodore Graptoi in the second phase (814-843) for the prevailing honour of the holy icons. In addition to the Theological writings in the Lavra, there was also wide activity in copy-writing and translations. It became the centre of Georgian education from the 7<sup>th</sup> to the 10<sup>th</sup> century, as well as the translating centre of Church writings from Greek to Arabic. A characteristic example is that the famous “Ascetics”    by Saint Isaac the Syrian were translated from the Syrian language to the Greek for the first time in the Lavra, by monks Abramios and Patrikios at the end of the 8<sup>th</sup> century. From the 9<sup>th</sup> until the 13<sup>th</sup> century the liturgic order, the liturgic “Typikon” of the Lavra together with the hymns composed by the Savvaites Saints are widely distributed by prominent holy monastery founders. The “Typikon” of the Lavra influenced greatly the monastic liturgic order, which was written by Saints Theodore of Studion (9<sup>th</sup> century), Paul the New from Mount Latros (beginning 10<sup>th</sup> century), Nikon Mavroritis (end 11<sup>th</sup> century), Christodoulos of Patmos (11<sup>th</sup> century), Lazarus Galisiotis (10<sup>th</sup> -11<sup>th</sup> centuries), Luke of Messina (Sicily 12<sup>th</sup> century), Neophytos the Recluse (Cyprus 12<sup>th</sup> -13<sup>th</sup> centuries) and Nelos of Tamassia (H.M. Mahaira Cyprus beginning 13<sup>th</sup> century). The monastic Typikon of Saint Savvas had already been spread to distant Georgia since the 9<sup>th</sup> century (by Saint Gregory Khandzta in 826). Immense was also the simultaneous spreading of the new hymn style which was mainly developed by Saint John of Damascus and the “Saint Savvas’ school of poets”, namely of the Canon. The hymnography production of the Lavra became the foundation for the formation of the Church worship after the Iconoclast. The attributed to Saint John of Damascus establishment of the Octoechos (Eight Tones) in the hymn melody, prevailed in Worship and the writing of the Octoechos constituted the first form of the most important liturgic Church book, the Parakletiki. In 808 the Lavra is found again at the role of the defender of the Orthodox faith. Under Hegoumen John’s guidance, clergy and lay men counteracted against the Filioque heresy which had been presented by the Benedictine monks of the Mount of Olives. So intense was the opposition of the Orthodox people in Bethlehem and in the Holy Sepulchre, that the Benedictines were forced to turn to the Pope of Rome Leon iii and the Frankish Emperor Karlomagnos for help. The Emperor of the West convened the Aachen Synod (809) and formalized the heresy, while Pope Leon dynamically opposed to the addition of Filioque in the Creed. Consequently, half a century before the predominant place of Filioque in Theological dispute between the Orthodox and the Latin fathers, it had been impinged in the Orthodox consciousness of the Jerusalem Christians. During the Crusaders’ conquest, the place of the Lavra Hegoumen appears to be extremely superior in relation to the Latin Fathers, due to the absence of an Orthodox Patriarch in Jerusalem. The Lavra is dowered with new land property by Queen Melisanthe (1131-1162), while the Church of Theotokos and the frescoes are refurbished by the Mamluk’s Emperor Manuel Komnenos (1143-1180) in 1169. The victory of Salah ad-Din’s Mamluks against the Crusaders in 1187 foreshadowed new calamities for the Palestinian monasticism. Despite the new slaughtering of Savvaites monks, the Lavra remained active, as the last one among the derelict monasteries in the desert. In this period the Lavra activity is gathered around its core, there is the erection of surrounding walls and the abandonment of the Lavra lifestyle with the adaptation of the coenobitic rules of living. It is the most crucial phase for continuing its activity, however the Lavra keeps the role of a remarkable school for the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, teaching what is necessary for monasticism and relative to Church affairs. The Emperor John Kantakouzinos (1347-1354) refurbished the Lavra Catholicon and the Cubicle of Saint Savvas’ tomb in mid 14<sup>th</sup> century. Unprecedented however for the time and determining for the future of the Orthodox worship, was the spreading of the so called “new Savvaitiko liturgic Typikon” (meaning the merging of the old Typikon of Saint Savvas with elements from the Typikon of Studion). This new Typikon overrode the Typikon of the Monasteries of Studion and Evergetidos and was established in Constantinople in the 13<sup>th</sup> and 14<sup>th</sup> centuries (Monasteries Hileon, Saint Demetrios Kellivara, Theotokos Steadfast Hope). At the same time the Typikon was spread in Serbia by Saint Savvas of Serbia (1175-1236) and Archbishop of Serbia Nicodemus (1317-1324). During the Hesychast dispute in Mount Athos the new Typikon was established in a revised form there, and through the radiance of Hesychast Theology it was spread to the rest of the Balkans, in Bulgaria and Russia. Since its final establishment in the 16<sup>th</sup> century, the Savvaitiko- Athonite Liturgic Typikon has constituted the Liturgical Typikon for all Orthodox World to this day.</p> <p><strong>From the Turkish sovereignty to the present time (1517-2002)</strong></p> <p>The Turkish presence in Palestine with Sultan Selim was accompanied by a new slaughtering of the Savvaites monks resulting to adverse living conditions in the Lavra. Even though over the years (1533-1753) there were over thirty Sultans’ decrees for tax exemptions and reconstruction works in the Lavra together with the protection and the rights of the Fathers, they still suffered a multitude of ordeals, even the forced hospitality for whole villages for many years. The fortified presence of Serbian monks in the Lavra was beneficial when the Greek monks were scarce in the 16<sup>th</sup> century. However the construction activities of the Serbian monks exceeded their budget and the increasing debts forced them to leave in the beginning of the 17<sup>th</sup> century. Patriarch Theophanes’ iii (1608-1644) intervention managed to save the Lavra from the creditors or the covetous Armenians and Latin monks’ possessiveness. Among all the benefactors of the Lavra, most memorable are Patriarchs of Jerusalem Nectarios (1660-1669) and Dositheos ii (1669-1707), who managed to restore the Lavra to its former condition of belonging exclusively to the Savvaites Fathers, while Dositheos himself undertook costly refurbishment or extension works of churches, chambers, and the surrounding walls of the monastery (during the years 1667-1686). The present state of the construction in the Lavra was completed after the destruction caused by the 13<sup>th</sup> May 1834 earthquake, and is owed to the building activity of Hegoumen Ioasaph the Cretan (1845-1874), a blessed figure of the Palestinian monasticism. Another proof of the holiness of blessed, humble and discreet Ioasaph was the increase of the number of monks to almost 80. By the grace of God and the intercession of Theotokos, unlike the other monasteries of the Orthodox Patriarchate, the Lavra did not have to face much distress over the recurrent political changes in the Middle East over the 20<sup>th</sup> century. On the contrary, the return of the imperishable holy relic of Saint Savvas after centuries of absence (perhaps since 13<sup>th</sup> century), was an immense blessing for the striving Hagiotaphite Brotherhood and all Orthodox Christians of the Holy Land, and of course the cause of certain hope in God and evidence of the Saint’s Fatherly and unceasing intercession for his Lavra. To this day, the spiritual life of the Lavra and its diverse contribution to the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood problem solving, the Orthodox congregation and the pious pilgrims, can verify the long ago given ascertainment: “Just as Jerusalem is the Queen of all cities, likewise Saint Savvas’ Lavra is the Prince of all deserts, and as much as Jerusalem is the prototype of other cities, similarly, Saint Savvas’ monastery serves as an example for other monasteries”.</p> </div><style>.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--inactiveColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--hoverColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active){background-color:var(--inactiveBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover{background-color:var(--activeBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover{background-color:var(--hoverBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after{background-color:var(--activeUnderlineColor,--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab:hover::after{background-color:var(--hoverUnderlineColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .breakdance-swiper-wrapper{overflow:hidden}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist-container.is-vertical{width:}@media (max-width:1119px){.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--inactiveColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--hoverColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active){background-color:var(--inactiveBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover{background-color:var(--activeBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover{background-color:var(--hoverBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after{background-color:var(--activeUnderlineColor,--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab:hover::after{background-color:var(--hoverUnderlineColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .breakdance-swiper-wrapper{overflow:hidden}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist-container.is-vertical{width:}}@media (max-width:1023px){.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--inactiveColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--hoverColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active){background-color:var(--inactiveBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover{background-color:var(--activeBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover{background-color:var(--hoverBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after{background-color:var(--activeUnderlineColor,--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab:hover::after{background-color:var(--hoverUnderlineColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .breakdance-swiper-wrapper{overflow:hidden}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist-container.is-vertical{width:}}@media (max-width:767px){.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--inactiveColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--hoverColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active){background-color:var(--inactiveBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover{background-color:var(--activeBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover{background-color:var(--hoverBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after{background-color:var(--activeUnderlineColor,--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab:hover::after{background-color:var(--hoverUnderlineColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__select{display:block!important}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist-container--dropdown{display:none!important}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .breakdance-swiper-wrapper{overflow:hidden}.bde-tabs__tabslist-container--scrollable,.bde-tabs__tabslist-container--scrollable .bde-tabs__tabslist{justify-content:flex-start!important}.bde-tabs__tabslist-container--scrollable{position:relative}.bde-tabs__tabslist-container--scrollable .bde-tabs__tabslist{overflow:auto;position:relative}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131{flex-direction:column}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist-container.is-vertical{width:}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131{flex-direction:column;align-items:unset}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist-container.is-vertical{overflow:hidden}}@media (max-width:479px){.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active) .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--inactiveColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-title,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover .bde-tabs__tab-icon>svg{color:var(--hoverColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:not(.is-active){background-color:var(--inactiveBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover{background-color:var(--activeBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tab:hover{background-color:var(--hoverBgColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--default .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active::after,.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--bar .bde-tabs__tab.is-active:hover::after{background-color:var(--activeUnderlineColor,--activeColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist--tabs .bde-tabs__tab:hover::after{background-color:var(--hoverUnderlineColor)}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .breakdance-swiper-wrapper{overflow:hidden}.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131 .bde-tabs__tabslist-container.is-vertical{width:}}</style><div class="bde-gallery-77958-131 bde-gallery"> <div class="ee-gallery ee-gallery--default ee-gallery--grid ee-gallery-- ee-gallery--lightbox ee-gallery-- ee-gallery--caption- ee-gallery--caption-none ee-gallery--ratio ee-gallery--empty"> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </section><section class="bde-section-77956-122 bde-section no-print"> <div class="section-container"><div class="bde-columns-77956-123 bde-columns"><div class="bde-column-77956-124 bde-column"> <div class="bde-image-77956-125 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--52649"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><a class="breakdance-image-link breakdance-image-link--url" href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info" target="_self" rel="noopener" data-sub-html="" data-lg-size="-"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/logo_ieros_footer.png" width="200" height="162" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" alt="ASHELLAS_logo" loading="lazy"></a></div> </div></figure> </div><div class="bde-text-77956-126 bde-text"> Jerusalem Patriarchate Official Website<br> </div> </div><div class="bde-column-77956-127 bde-column"> <div class="bde-image-77956-128 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--59964"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/left_symbol_end.png" width="36" height="30" sizes="(max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px"></div> </div></figure> </div><div class="bde-wp-menu-77956-129 bde-wp-menu"> <nav class="breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse breakdance-menu--vertical "> <button class="breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze" type="button" aria-label="Open Menu" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-129"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-icon"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-lines"></span> </span> </button> <ul class="breakdance-menu-list" id="menu-129"> <li id="menu-item-58462" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-58462 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="/patriarch/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Patriarch</a></li> <li id="menu-item-58463" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-58463 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="/administrative-structure/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Administrative Structure</a></li> <li id="menu-item-58464" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-58464 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/website-administration/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Website Administration</a></li> <li id="menu-item-58467" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-58467 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="/communication/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Communication</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div><div class="bde-column-77956-130 bde-column"> <div class="bde-image-77956-131 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--59964"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/left_symbol_end.png" width="36" height="30" sizes="(max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px"></div> </div></figure> </div><div class="bde-wp-menu-77956-132 bde-wp-menu"> <nav class="breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse breakdance-menu--vertical "> <button class="breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze" type="button" aria-label="Open Menu" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-132"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-icon"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-lines"></span> </span> </button> <ul class="breakdance-menu-list" id="menu-132"> <li id="menu-item-58739" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-58739 breakdance-menu-item"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.orthodoxinitiative.org" class="breakdance-menu-link">Orthodox Inisiative</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div><div class="bde-column-77956-133 bde-column"> <div class="bde-image-77956-134 bde-image"> <figure class="breakdance-image breakdance-image--59964"> <div class="breakdance-image-container"> <div class="breakdance-image-clip"><img class="breakdance-image-object" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/left_symbol_end.png" width="36" height="30" sizes="(max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px"></div> </div></figure> </div><div class="bde-wp-menu-77956-135 bde-wp-menu"> <nav class="breakdance-menu breakdance-menu--collapse breakdance-menu--vertical "> <button class="breakdance-menu-toggle breakdance-menu-toggle--squeeze" type="button" aria-label="Open Menu" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-135"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-icon"> <span class="breakdance-menu-toggle-lines"></span> </span> </button> <ul class="breakdance-menu-list" id="menu-135"> <li id="menu-item-58471" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-58471 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="/administrative-structure/patriarchate/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Patriarchate</a></li> <li id="menu-item-58472" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-58472 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Holy Sepulcher</a></li> <li id="menu-item-58473" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-58473 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="/holy-shrines/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Holy Shrines</a></li> <li id="menu-item-58474" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-58474 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="/the-holy-land/" class="breakdance-menu-link">The Holy Land</a></li> <li id="menu-item-58475" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-58475 breakdance-menu-item"><a href="/administrative-structure/holy-sepulchre-brotherhood/" class="breakdance-menu-link">Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div></div><div class="bde-social-icons-77956-136 bde-social-icons"> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/JerusalemPatriarchateEN" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="facebook" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24"> <path d="M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z"/> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-twitter" href="https://x.com/JPatriarchate" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="twitter" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z" /> </svg> </a> <a class="breakdance-link bde-social-icons__icon-wrapper bde-social-icons__icon-youtube" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RomiosiniTV" target="_blank" data-type="url" aria-label="youtube" > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 24 24"> <path d="M19.615 3.184c-3.604-.246-11.631-.245-15.23 0-3.897.266-4.356 2.62-4.385 8.816.029 6.185.484 8.549 4.385 8.816 3.6.245 11.626.246 15.23 0 3.897-.266 4.356-2.62 4.385-8.816-.029-6.185-.484-8.549-4.385-8.816zm-10.615 12.816v-8l8 3.993-8 4.007z"/> </svg> </a> </div></div> </section><section class="bde-section-77956-137 bde-section no-print"> <div class="section-container"><div class="bde-rich-text-77956-138 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles"> <p>Copyright of website material is allowed provided the reference source is mentioned: Jerusalem Patriarchate – Website - <a href="http://www.jerusalem-patriarchate.info">www.jerusalem-patriarchate.info</a></p> </div><div class="bde-div-77956-139 bde-div"> <div class="bde-text-77956-140 bde-text"> Copyright © 2006-2025 Jerusalem Patriarchate – Website </div><div class="bde-div-77956-141 bde-div"> <div class="bde-text-77956-142 bde-text"> Development by <span style=display:none>">Tessera Multimedia</span> </div><div class="bde-text-77956-143 bde-text"> <a href="https://tessera.gr/en/" target="_blank" title="Website development Thessaloniki - mobile applications - Website development"><br> <img width="80" height="auto" src="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/tessera-logo-white-sm.png" alt="Tessera Multimedia Logo" loading="lazy" ></a> </div> </div> </div></div> </section> <script src='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/plugin/global-scripts/breakdance-utils.js?bd_ver=2.2.0' defer></script> <script src='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/dependencies-files/awesome-menu@1/awesome-menu.js?bd_ver=2.2.0' defer></script> <script src='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/elements/Social_Share_Buttons/assets/social-share-buttons.js?bd_ver=2.2.0' defer></script> <script src='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/dependencies-files/isotope-layout@3.0.6/isotope.pkgd.min.js?bd_ver=2.2.0' defer></script> <script src='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/dependencies-files/lightgallery@2/lightgallery-bundle.min.js?bd_ver=2.2.0' defer></script> <script src='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/dependencies-files/elements-reusable-code/lightbox.js?bd_ver=2.2.0' defer></script> <script src='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/dependencies-files/breakdance-gallery@1/gallery.js?bd_ver=2.2.0' defer></script> <script src='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/elements/Header_Builder/header-builder.js?bd_ver=2.2.0' defer></script> <script src='https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/wp-content/plugins/breakdance/subplugins/breakdance-elements/elements/Search_Form/assets/search-form.js?bd_ver=2.2.0' defer></script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ if (!window.BreakdanceFrontend) { window.BreakdanceFrontend = {} } window.BreakdanceFrontend.data = {"homeUrl":"https:\/\/en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info","ajaxUrl":"https:\/\/en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","elementsPluginUrl":"https:\/\/en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info\/wp-content\/plugins\/breakdance\/subplugins\/breakdance-elements\/","BASE_BREAKPOINT_ID":"breakpoint_base","breakpoints":[{"id":"breakpoint_base","label":"Desktop","defaultPreviewWidth":"100%"},{"id":"breakpoint_tablet_landscape","label":"Tablet Landscape","defaultPreviewWidth":1024,"maxWidth":1119},{"id":"breakpoint_tablet_portrait","label":"Tablet Portrait","defaultPreviewWidth":768,"maxWidth":1023},{"id":"breakpoint_phone_landscape","label":"Phone Landscape","defaultPreviewWidth":480,"maxWidth":767},{"id":"breakpoint_phone_portrait","label":"Phone Portrait","defaultPreviewWidth":400,"maxWidth":479}],"subscriptionMode":"pro"} }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ document.getElementById("viber-share-btn").addEventListener("click", function(e) { e.preventDefault(); var currentURL = window.location.href; var encodedURL = encodeURIComponent(currentURL); // Κωδικοποιεί το URL για υποστήριξη ειδικών χαρακτήρων var shareURL = "viber://forward?text=" + encodedURL; window.location.href = shareURL; }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new AwesomeMenu(".breakdance .bde-menu-77982-102-77982-1 .breakdance-menu", { dropdown: { openOnClick: true, mode: { desktop: 'accordion' }, placement: 'left', width: 250, animation: 'fade' }, link: { effect: '', effectDirection: '', }, mobile: { breakpoint: 'never', mode: 'accordion', offcanvasPosition: 'left', offset: null, followLinks: true } }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ /* make print btn visible on mobile */ const widgetpdf = document.querySelector('.pdf-tsr-btn .bde-social-share-button-print'); if (widgetpdf) { widgetpdf.classList.add('is-visible'); } /* make print btn visible on mobile */ const widget = document.querySelector('.bde-social-share-button-print'); if (widget) { widget.classList.add('is-visible'); } /* make all share btns visible on mobile */ const parentElement = document.querySelector('.bde-social-share-buttons'); if (parentElement) { const childElements = parentElement.children; for (let i = 0; i < childElements.length; i++) { childElements[i].classList.add('is-visible'); } } window.addEventListener('load', function () { setTimeout(function() { var parentElement = document.querySelector('.pdf-tsr-btn .bde-social-share-button-print .bde-social-share-button-icon'); var svgIcon = parentElement.querySelector('svg'); if (svgIcon) { svgIcon.innerHTML = ` <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="icon-file-pdf" viewBox="0 0 32 32"> <path fill="red" d="M26.313 18.421c-0.427-0.42-1.372-0.643-2.812-0.662-0.974-0.011-2.147 0.075-3.38 0.248-0.552-0.319-1.122-0.665-1.568-1.083-1.202-1.122-2.205-2.68-2.831-4.394 0.041-0.16 0.075-0.301 0.108-0.444 0 0 0.677-3.846 0.498-5.146-0.025-0.178-0.040-0.23-0.088-0.369l-0.059-0.151c-0.184-0.425-0.545-0.875-1.111-0.85l-0.341-0.011c-0.631 0-1.146 0.323-1.281 0.805-0.411 1.514 0.013 3.778 0.781 6.711l-0.197 0.478c-0.55 1.34-1.238 2.689-1.846 3.88l-0.079 0.155c-0.639 1.251-1.22 2.313-1.745 3.213l-0.543 0.287c-0.040 0.021-0.97 0.513-1.188 0.645-1.852 1.106-3.079 2.361-3.282 3.357-0.065 0.318-0.017 0.725 0.313 0.913l0.525 0.264c0.228 0.114 0.468 0.172 0.714 0.172 1.319 0 2.85-1.643 4.959-5.324 2.435-0.793 5.208-1.452 7.638-1.815 1.852 1.043 4.129 1.767 5.567 1.767 0.255 0 0.475-0.024 0.654-0.072 0.276-0.073 0.508-0.23 0.65-0.444 0.279-0.42 0.335-0.998 0.26-1.59-0.023-0.176-0.163-0.393-0.315-0.541zM6.614 25.439c0.241-0.658 1.192-1.958 2.6-3.111 0.088-0.072 0.306-0.276 0.506-0.466-1.472 2.348-2.458 3.283-3.106 3.577zM14.951 6.24c0.424 0 0.665 1.069 0.685 2.070s-0.214 1.705-0.505 2.225c-0.241-0.77-0.357-1.984-0.357-2.778 0 0-0.018-1.517 0.177-1.517v0zM12.464 19.922c0.295-0.529 0.603-1.086 0.917-1.677 0.765-1.447 1.249-2.58 1.609-3.511 0.716 1.303 1.608 2.41 2.656 3.297 0.131 0.111 0.269 0.222 0.415 0.333-2.132 0.422-3.974 0.935-5.596 1.558v0zM25.903 19.802c-0.13 0.081-0.502 0.128-0.741 0.128-0.772 0-1.727-0.353-3.066-0.927 0.515-0.038 0.986-0.057 1.409-0.057 0.774 0 1.004-0.003 1.761 0.19s0.767 0.585 0.637 0.667v0z"></path> <path fill="red" d="M28.681 7.159c-0.694-0.947-1.662-2.053-2.724-3.116s-2.169-2.030-3.116-2.724c-1.612-1.182-2.393-1.319-2.841-1.319h-15.5c-1.378 0-2.5 1.121-2.5 2.5v27c0 1.378 1.121 2.5 2.5 2.5h23c1.378 0 2.5-1.122 2.5-2.5v-19.5c0-0.448-0.137-1.23-1.319-2.841v0zM24.543 5.457c0.959 0.959 1.712 1.825 2.268 2.543h-4.811v-4.811c0.718 0.556 1.584 1.309 2.543 2.268v0zM28 29.5c0 0.271-0.229 0.5-0.5 0.5h-23c-0.271 0-0.5-0.229-0.5-0.5v-27c0-0.271 0.229-0.5 0.5-0.5 0 0 15.499-0 15.5 0v7c0 0.552 0.448 1 1 1h7v19.5z"></path> </svg>`; } }, 50); }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new BreakdanceSocialShareButtons('.breakdance .bde-social-share-buttons-77958-125'); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new BreakdanceSocialShareButtons('.breakdance .bde-social-share-buttons-77958-128'); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new BreakdanceSocialShareButtons('.breakdance .bde-social-share-buttons-77958-129'); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new BreakdanceLightbox('.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131', { itemSelector: '.ee-gallery-item', ...{"thumbnails":true,"animated_thumbnails":false,"zoom":true,"autoplay":false,"background":"#000000","controls":"#999999","thumbnail":"#ffffff","thumbnail_active":"#01d2e8f0","autoplay_videos":false} }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new BreakdanceGallery( '.breakdance .bde-gallery-77958-131', { ...{"type":"grid","gap":{"breakpoint_base":{"number":10,"unit":"px","style":"10px"}},"columns":{"breakpoint_base":4,"breakpoint_phone_portrait":1},"aspect_ratio":"100%","slider":{"settings":{"advanced":{"slides_per_view":{"breakpoint_base":3},"one_per_view_at":"breakpoint_phone_landscape"}}}}, mode: null } ); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new BreakdanceHeaderBuilder(".breakdance .bde-header-builder-77954-100", "100", false); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new AwesomeMenu(".breakdance .bde-wp-menu-77954-105 .breakdance-menu", { dropdown: { openOnClick: false, mode: { desktop: 'dropdown' }, placement: 'left', width: null, animation: 'fade' }, link: { effect: '', effectDirection: '', }, mobile: { breakpoint: 'never', mode: 'default', offcanvasPosition: 'left', offset: null, followLinks: true } }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new BreakdanceSearchForm('.breakdance .bde-search-form-77954-106', {}); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new BreakdanceSearchForm('.breakdance .bde-search-form-77954-109', {}); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new AwesomeMenu(".breakdance .bde-wp-menu-77954-110 .breakdance-menu", { dropdown: { openOnClick: false, mode: { desktop: 'dropdown' }, placement: 'left', width: null, animation: 'fade' }, link: { effect: '', effectDirection: '', }, mobile: { breakpoint: 'never', mode: 'default', offcanvasPosition: 'left', offset: null, followLinks: true } }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new AwesomeMenu(".breakdance .bde-menu-77954-115 .breakdance-menu", { dropdown: { openOnClick: false, mode: { desktop: 'dropdown' }, placement: 'center', width: null, animation: 'fade' }, link: { effect: 'underline', effectDirection: 'bottom', }, mobile: { breakpoint: 'breakpoint_tablet_landscape', mode: 'offcanvas', offcanvasPosition: 'left', offset: null, followLinks: true } }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new BreakdanceHeaderBuilder(".breakdance .bde-header-builder-77954-123", "123", false); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new AwesomeMenu(".breakdance .bde-menu-77954-141 .breakdance-menu", { dropdown: { openOnClick: false, mode: { desktop: 'dropdown' }, placement: 'center', width: null, animation: 'fade' }, link: { effect: 'underline', effectDirection: 'bottom', }, mobile: { breakpoint: 'breakpoint_tablet_landscape', mode: 'offcanvas', offcanvasPosition: 'left', offset: null, followLinks: true } }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new AwesomeMenu(".breakdance .bde-wp-menu-77956-129 .breakdance-menu", { dropdown: { openOnClick: false, mode: { desktop: 'dropdown' }, placement: 'left', width: null, animation: 'fade' }, link: { effect: '', effectDirection: '', }, mobile: { breakpoint: 'never', mode: 'default', offcanvasPosition: 'left', offset: null, followLinks: true } }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new AwesomeMenu(".breakdance .bde-wp-menu-77956-132 .breakdance-menu", { dropdown: { openOnClick: false, mode: { desktop: 'dropdown' }, placement: 'left', width: null, animation: 'fade' }, link: { effect: '', effectDirection: '', }, mobile: { breakpoint: 'never', mode: 'default', offcanvasPosition: 'left', offset: null, followLinks: true } }); }) </script> <script>document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){ new AwesomeMenu(".breakdance .bde-wp-menu-77956-135 .breakdance-menu", { dropdown: { openOnClick: false, mode: { desktop: 'dropdown' }, placement: 'left', width: null, animation: 'fade' }, link: { effect: '', effectDirection: '', }, mobile: { breakpoint: 'never', mode: 'default', offcanvasPosition: 'left', offset: null, followLinks: true } }); }) </script> </body> </html>

CINXE.COM

Short History Account of Saint Savvas’ Lavra - Jerusalem Patriarchate - News Gate