Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem receives in audience Mother Superior Yekaterina of Gorny Convent

On 24 August 2020, His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, met with head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem Archimandrite Alexander (Yelisov) and introduced to him Mother Superior of the Gorny Convent Yekaterina (Chernysheva), patriarchia.ru reports with reference to the website of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem.

They were joined in their talk by Hieromonk Dometian (Markarian), deputy head of the mission, and the mission secretary Hegumen Nikon (Golovko).

During the meeting, which took place at the Lesser Throne Hall, the head of the mission asked Patriarch Theophilos to take the new mother superior of the Russian convent in the Holy Land under his patronage with love and paternal care.

In his response, His Beatitude wished Sister Yekaterina God’s blessing upon her new important task assuring her that the episcopate of the Church of Jerusalem, the Brotherhood of the Lord’s Sepulchre and he personally would be always ready to help her in solving all the vital problems involved in her service in the Holy Land.

After that Sister Yekaterina visited the Church of the Lord’s Sepulchre and venerated its shrines.

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