Eastern Orthodox Holy Thursday (Washing of the Feet) Ceremony. Church of the Resurrection, Jerusalem

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On Holy Thursday, the Service of the sacred washing of the Disciples’ feet was observed at the Holy
Courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Service began at 9.00 am, immediately after the end of the Divine
Liturgy of Saint Basil at Saint James Cathedral, which was led by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos. Co-celebrants to His Beatitude were their Eminences, Metropolitan Isychios of Kapitolias and the Archbishops; Aristarchos of Constantina, Theodosios of Sebastia and
Philoumenos of Pella, Hagiotaphite Hieromonks, Arab-speaking Priests, Archdeacon Mark and other Deacons, under the chanting of on the right in Greek and the Cathedral’s Choir led by Mr
Rimon Kamar on the left in Arabic.
The Service of the sacred washing of the Disciple’s feet, which is unique in the Orthodox Church was led by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, who washed the
feet of twelve Hieromonks in remembrance of the event when the
Lord washed His Disciples’ feet, setting an example of
humility for us. The relevant Gospel narratives were read by
His Eminence Metropolitan Joachim of Helenoupolis.
The Service was attended by the Consul General of Greece in
Jerusalem Mr Evangelos Vlioras, the representative of the
Ministry of Interior of Israel Mr Caesar Marjie and local
faithful, who were standing at the Holy Courtyard and the
Metochion of Gethsemane. There were no pilgrims due to the
covid-19 pandemic.
At the end of the Service, bells tolling, the Patriarchal
Entourage returned to the Patriarchate Headquarters, where the
Archbishops were waiting for them according to the Order at
the Reception Hall.

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My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered licensed tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is one of the holiest and special sites in Christianity. Located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, the church is home to two of the holiest sites in Christianity – the site where Jesus was crucified, known as Calvary, and the tomb where Jesus was buried and then resurrected. Today, the tomb is enclosed by a shrine called the Aedicula. The final four Stations of the Cross, or Via Dolorosa, are also located inside the church.

The New Testament tells that Jesus was crucified at Golgotha, “the place of the skull”. This is commonly thought to be an area of stone quarries outside the city’s walls at the time. Around a decade after Jesus’s crucifixion, a third wall was built to enclose the area of his execution and burial within the city. This provides validation for the Holy Sepulchre’s location inside today’s Old City of Jerusalem.

After he had a vision of a cross in the sky in 312 AD, Constantine the Great converted to Christianity and sent his mother, Empress Helena, to Jerusalem in search of Jesus’s tomb. She found a relic of the cross near a tomb, leading her to believe she had found Calvary. In 326 AD, Constantine ordered a church built at the site. All the soil and debris over the centuries was removed from the cave, revealing a rock-cut tomb identified as the burial site of Jesus.