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Regular services in Church Slavonic begin to be held in Jordan

Amman, August 10, 2020

Photo: pravoslavie.ru

On August 3, 2020, on the feast day of the prophet Ezekiel, with the blessing of Archbishop Christophoros (Atallah) of the Jerusalem Patriarchate, regular services in Church Slavonic began to be held in the Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Amman, Jordan, according to the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Divine services with the blessing of the head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Archimandrite Alexander (Elisov), are led by the acting vicar of the representation mission in Jordan, Igumen Mikhei (Selyakov). The services are visited by guests from Russia, Ukraine and other nearby Russophone countries.

At the end of the divine services, there are Sunday school classes, and the parishioners can have tea together.

8/10/2020

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Comments

Editor11/10/2023 10:40 am

Bilal: You may have pews where you are, but many other churches don't. Russia has no pews, I think Romania doesn't either, or Georgia. Mt. Athos has no pews. Pews are a modern thing, taken from Catholics and Protestants. Greeks traditionally had stasidia, special chairs around the walls, but not in the center of the church.

Bilal11/10/2023 9:33 am

Are you stupid? Almost all orthodox churches have pews

John8/10/2020 9:34 pm

If it's an ecclesiastical mission, shouldn't the parish in Jordan serve in Arabic? (I would assume the Russians living in Jordan can speak Arabic since they live there.) Just wondering?

Alexander Leitner8/10/2020 1:59 pm

Orthodox Church with pews! Absolute no go