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  Patriarch Theofilos III of Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Formerly the Archbishop of Tabor, Theophilus was elected unanimously by Jerusalem's Holy Synod to succeed the deposed, Irenaios I.
Other Patriarchs of Jerusalem bearing the same name are Theofilos I, Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1012 to 1020, and Theofilos II, Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1417 to 1424.
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III is to be officially enthroned as Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine on November 22nd, 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patriarch_Theophilus_III_of_Jerusalem   (506 words)

  
 Station Information - Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is one of nine patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Until 451, Jerusalem was an Orthodox bishopric, but it was recognized as a patriarchate by the Council of Chalcedon that year.
In 1099 the Crusaders appointed a Latin Patriarch, and exiled the Orthodox Patriarch from the city.
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 jerpatriarch
Theofilos, The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Palestine, Syria, beyond Jordan
Archbishop of Tabor, consecrated to the episcopacy by Irenaios in January of
patriarch of North and South America and Jaffa.
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 Jerusalem
Modern Jerusalem "lies near the summit of a broad mountain-ridge, which extends without interruption from the plain of Esdraelon to a line drawn between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean." This high, uneven table-land is everywhere from 20 to 25 geographical miles in breadth.
Jerusalem is the official anthem of the British Women's Institute, and historically was used by the National Union of Suffrage Societies.
Jerusalem is surrounded upon all sides by valleys, of which those on the north are less pronounced than those on the other three sides.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Je/Jerusalem.html   (8570 words)

  
 Theophilus III (Giannopoulos) of Jerusalem - OrthodoxWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Theophilus (also spelled Theofilos and Theophilos; né Ηλίας Γιαννόπουλος [Ilias Giannopoulos]) was elected the 141st primate of the Church of Jerusalem on August 22, 2005.
Prior to his return to Jerusalem and ordination as a bishop, Theophilus served as Exarch of the Holy Sepulchre in the country of Qatar for some years.
Patriarch Theophilus, a native of the Peloponnese in Greece, is a cousin of former US CIA director George Tenet and also has met with American Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.
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 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Resolution Recognizing the Patriarch of Jerusalem November 16, 2002 WHEREAS the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, meeting in November 2002, expressed serious...
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His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilus (secular name Ilija Jannopoulos) was born in the village of Gargaliani, Messinia region, Greece, in 1952.
In 2001-2003 - representative of the Patriarch of Jerusalem with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and rector of the Jerusalem representation church in Moscow.
In 2003 appointed Patriarchal epitrop in Doha, Qatar.
www.patriarchofjerusalem.com /en/patriarxis/patriarxis.asp   (276 words)

  
 Directions to Orthodoxy - Greek Orthodox Clergy Elect New Patriarch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Theofilos, second from right, is flanked by senior Greek Orthodox clergy during the synod for the election of the new Greek Patriarch of the Holy Land, in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 22, 2005.
Metropolitan Theofilos was chosen as the new Patriarch of the Holy Land by church rebels who ousted his predecessor, Irineos, amid allegations he was involved in unsanctioned property transactions.
Metropolitan Theofilos was elected by the church's Holy Synod in a 14-0 vote.
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Eight days after Theophilos was voted in as the new Jerusalem patriarch, he received yesterday his first official backing from one of the three governments with authority over the Patriarchate as Jordan welcomed his election.
Newly elected Jerusalem Patriarch Theofilos was featured in two interviews carried by Athens dailies on Sunday, days after he succeeded deposed patriarch Irineos (Eirineos) as the head of the venerable but recently crisis-plagued Orthodox Patriarchate of the Holy Land.
Irineos I, the ousted patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Holy Land is negotiating with the Greek government over terms that would allow him to retire honorably.
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 Elected   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Patriarch Theophilos III is a Greek national who has served in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and represented the Church of Jerusalem in Moscow and Qatar, and reportedly has close ties to the Greek Orthodox leadership in the United States.
Israel captured East Jerusalem along with the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967 and later annexed it in a move not recognized internationally.
The highpoint of the Patriarchate's influence comes on the eve of Orthodox Easter, when thousands of worshippers attend a 1,000-year-old "Holy Fire" ceremony held in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the burial place of Jesus Christ.
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 ORTHODOX CHURCH OF JERUSALEM WEALTHY AND WISE FACT FINDER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, properly called the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, is regarded by Orthodox Christians as the mother church of all of Christendom, because it was in Jerusalem that the Church was established on the day of Pentecost with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus Christ.
It gradually grew in prestige, and in a decree issued from the seventh session of the Council_of_Chalcedon in 451 it was recognized as possessing full Patriarchal status, ranked fifth after the Churches of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, and Antioch.
On August_22, 2005, the Holy Synod of the Church of Jerusalem unanimously elected Theofilos III, the former Archbishop of Tabor, as the 141st Patriarch of Jerusalem.
www.boostmoney.com /Orthodox_Church_of_Jerusalem   (338 words)

  
 Portal:Eastern Christianity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its division from Western Christianity has as much to do with culture, language, and politics as theology.
Patriarch Theofilos III of Jerusalem was unanimously elected on August 22, 2005, by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem to succeed the deposed Irenaios I.
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has moved its administrative center from western Ukrainian Lviv to a new cathedral in Kiev (Kyiv) on 21 August 2005.
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 Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Jerusalem in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, means London.
Jerusalem is situated in 31° 46′ 45″ N. lat.
Jerusalem is a village located in Monroe County, Ohio.
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 The Seven Sins - part II
The patriarch Proculus writes an official letter which was signed by the two rivals, John and Kyril, and the Armenians turn back to the same road.
The situation changes in the very year when the former patriarch was banished, 435, because the death of Rabulus creates a breach in the party which was on power, owing to the fact that instead of him the priest Ibbas was chosen, who admired Theodor.
The head of the personal guards which was made by Theofilos, the bishop of Alexandria and the uncle of Kyril, followed by some fanatics, destroy the sanctuary of the god Serapis, without regarding that the Serapeion was a hospital and library in the same time.
www.eltauniversitate.ro /En/sapte_pacate_2_eng.html   (6617 words)

  
 Israel (Harpers.org)
Jerusalem's Christian churches endorsed Palestinian demands for sovereignty in East Jerusalem; they condemned Israeli violence against demonstrators and noted that an oppressed people living under a military occupation has the moral right to resist its overlords.
Israeli soldiers assassinated Dr. Thabet Thabet, a senior Palestinian health official, near his home in the West Bank: Last week, an Israeli general admitted on the radio that the extra-judicial killing of suspected terrorists was an official policy of the Israeli government.
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in a Sbarro restaurant in downtown Jerusalem; at least 18 people, including 6 children, were killed.
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 Paradox Interactive Forums - - ARCHIVE - Sultanate Court of the Mamelukes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Article IV Article III is still valid, even should one party be forced to begin an offensive war to defend its rights to claims, be they to land or anything else.
The Patriarch of Jerusalem consists of Jerusalem, Palestine, Syria, beyond Jordan river and the Cana of Galilee.
The Church and the Episcopacy of Jerusalem was and is the "Mother of all Churches".
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48939   (6264 words)

  
 Custody of the Holy Land - News
The Patriach of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah, who is also President of Pax Christi International has, with other Church leaders from Jerusalem, spoken against the wall.
Today, last day of Ramadan is Jerusalem Day—al-Qods Day—, an important and strongly felt event throughout the Islamic world dedicated to solidarity with Jerusalem, a city dear to Muslims, home to the al-Aqsa Mosqu.
This morning, the 9th of October 2005 in the Parish Church of the Friars Minor of St. Savior’s in Jerusalem, five Franciscan brothers took their solemn vows of obedience, poverty and chastity in the hands of the Custodian of the Holy Land Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
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 Maravot world news
The royal decree supporting the appointment of Theofilos III was necessary under ancient church law, which dictates that any patriarch must have the blessing of the Holy Land's ruling powers Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
Monday's decree seals the approval given by Jordanian Interior Minister Awni Yirfas to Theofilos III to become patriarch on August 30.
Theofilos, the metropolitan of Tabor in Galilee, was elected August 22 by the church's Holy Synod after serving previously as a Greek Orthodox Church envoy in Qatar.
www.maravot.com /Maravot_News09.22.05.html   (6195 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Orthodox Church of Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In 2005, a crisis of the patriarchy occurred when Patriarch Irenaios was stripped of his authority as patriarch by the Holy Synod of Jerusalem.
On August 22, 2005, the Holy Synod of the Church of Jerusalem unanimously elected Theofilos III, the former Archbishop of Tabor, as the 141st Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Orthodox Church of Jerusalem; all previous versions may be viewed here.
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 World Scene - World - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The statement said the plotters were part of an Iraq-based terrorist group, which was not named.
JERUSALEM -- The Greek Orthodox Church in the Holy Land elected a new patriarch yesterday to succeed their ousted leader, who fell from grace over an East Jerusalem land deal.
Church rebels had dismissed Patriarch Irineos I earlier this year over the church's leasing of prime property in East Jerusalem to groups interested in expanding the Jewish presence there.
www.washtimes.com /world/20050823-120533-5428r.htm   (252 words)

  
 Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: August 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
No, they were there, with us, for in the worship of the church we come to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the first-born born who are enrolled in heaven, and the spirits of just men made perfect.
The Greek Orthodox Church in the Holy Land has elected a new patriarch to replace its deposed spiritual leader patriarch Irineos who was dismissed over a land scandal that angered the church's local parishioners and embarrassed its leadership.
The church's Holy Synod on 22 August voted 14 to 0 to elect Metropolitan Theofilos, a Greek-born cleric, as the new patriarch.
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 The [True] ORDER OF SAINT CONSTANTINE THE GREAT - ROMAN EMPIRE to NEW BYZANTIUM
To this end, he designated a commission of jurists under the presidency of Tribonianus (+545), professor of the University of Constantinople, among whose members figured the professors of Law, Dorotheos and Theofilos (+536).
Times have changed and the upheavals produced in all of Europe are reflected in the legislation of Leo III the Isaurian (717-741) expressed in Ecloga, an eclectic Code with common law characteristics.
Other Codes of Leo III are the Rural Code, the Military Code, and the Nautical Code or Rhodian Law, each with content relative to their titles.
www.new-byzantium.org /orderof.html   (5606 words)

  
 Come And See
The newly elected Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, submitted a petition to the High Court on Wednesday in which he and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchy accused the government of Israel of making its recognition of the patriarch conditional on his signing of "questionable" real estate deals.
The Greek Orthodox Church has elected a new patriarch for Jerusalem to replace its former leader who was demoted after a controversial land deal.
The church's Holy Synod elected Metropolitan Theofilos following the ousting of his predecessor in May. Theofilos becomes the religious head of 100,000 Christians in the Holy Land, most of them Palestinian.
www.comeandsee.com /modules.php?name=News&new_topic=269   (273 words)

  
 DigeratiCafe: Orthodox Church of Jerusalem :Online Reference Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
DigeratiCafe: Orthodox Church of Jerusalem :Online Reference Section
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 Weblog: Why You Can't Stop Pat Robertson - Christianity Today Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The unanimous 14-0 election of Metropolitan Theofilos, by the Church's Holy Synod put Israel and the church on a virtual collision course for the time being, and could result in a split in the church (The Jerusalem Post)
Also: Theophilos III elected new patriarch by Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem
The Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem elected a new patriarch yesterday to replace Irineos I, who was sacked over an alleged land deal with Jews in East Jerusalem that angered Palestinians and sparked a church crisis (Haaretz, Tel Aviv)
www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2005/134/33.0.html   (6010 words)

  
 Directions to Orthodoxy - Recent Discussion Posts
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