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Jerusalem Patriarchate
Greek-English
ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΙΕΡΟΣΟΛΥΜΩΝ ΔΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΙΟΝ COVID_19
Τήν Δευτέραν, 25ην Φεβρουαρίου/ 9ην Μαρτίου
2020, αἱ τρεῖς Μείζονες Κοινότητες ἐπί προσκυνηματικῶν θεμάτων, ἤτοι τό
Ἑλληνορθόδοξον Πατριαρχεῖον Ἱροσολύμων, ἡ Κουστωδία τῆς Ἁγίας Γῆς τῶν
Φραγκισκανῶν καί τό Πατριαρχεῖον τῶν Ἀρμενίων εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἐξέδωσαν
Ἀνακοίνωσιν, προτρέπουσαν τήν συμμόρφωσιν πρός τάς προφυλάξεις καί τάς
ὁδηγίας, περιλαμβανομένας εἰς τάς ἀποφάσεις τῶν Πολιτικῶν Ἀρχῶν καί
ἀφορώσας εἰς τήν Βασιλικήν τῆς Γεννήσεως εἰς Βηθλεέμ, ἡ ὁποία ἔχει ὡς
ἕπεται:
On Monday, February 25/March 9, 2020, the Three Major Communities
related to religious matters, the Rum-Orthodox Patriarchate of
Jerusalem, the Custody of the Holy Land of the Franciscans and the
Patriarchate of the Armenians in Jerusalem, published an Announcement,
urging people to conform to the precautions and instructions of the
Governmental Authorities’ decisions, regarding the Basilica of the
Nativity in Bethlehem. The announcement follows below;
Dear Brothers,
also in the Holy Land, we are
experiencing a time of trial and emergency because of the virus COVID-19
that is now spreading all over the world. We are called to live this
time continuing to trust in our Heavenly Father who takes care of all
His creatures.
However, the ongoing emergency also makes us
attentive to accomplish the provisions that the competent civil
authorities enact to protect public health and the common good.
Therefore,
in conformity with the recent decree of the Palestinian Ministry of
Health, issued on Μάρτιος 5th 2020, with the present we the Heads of
Churches in charge of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem urge
everyone to adhere by the provisions and instruction of the civil
authorities as they are detailed in the decree.
THEOPHILOS III FRANCESCO PATTON ARCH. NOURHAN MANOUGIAN
Greek Orthodox Custos of the Holy Land Armenian Patriarch
Patriarch
of Jerusalem
of Jerusalem
