Former Patriarch Irenaeios of Jerusalem reposes in the Lord

Athens, January 9, 2023

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His Beatitude Irenaios (Skopelitis), the former Patriarch of Jerusalem, reposed in the Lord this morning, the Patriarchate announced.

He died in a hospital in Athens, where he had been receiving treatment since 2019. His Beatitude was 83 years old.

Pat. Irenaios served as primate of the Jerusalem Patriarchate from September 15, 2001 to May 6, 2005.

May his memory be eternal!

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1/10/2023

Comments
Michael1/24/2023 7:03 am
Alex, you are just full of contradictions. You say that you should expose evil, but not make gossip. Are you a clairvoyant Saint capable of knowing everything about this matter? It’s not gossip if it’s true, and if it exposes evil is it? So, who are you to decide what is gossip and what is exposing evil? Do you know what happened to Patriarch of Irenaeios? Is it possible that you are gossiping? Christ told us to beware of the wolves in sheep’s clothing, and to expose them! You say that because “God allowed” we shouldn’t judge and be quiet. Would you like to apply that principle to everything in the world? God allowed godless rulers to have power, and be advocates of homosexuality and abortion! They promote homosexuality and abortion as “freedom”! Should we be quiet and not judge? I suppose we should just confess our own sins and never speak against the evil of abortion or homosexuality which is a sin that St. John Chrysostom says is worse than murder!! Also, what is this “movie” you are talking about? You keep bringing up some movie? Nobody even mentioned a movie! Facts and reality were discussed and you speak of some movie. Respectfully…you make no sense. St. Nektarios was attacked by his fellow bishops and his life story is one big exposure of the corruption, jealousy and lust for power that existed (and still exists) in the church. What his fellow bishops did to him was slander and gossip, not what Ferapont or others wrote about the evil committed against Patriarch Irenaeios. Have some decency and respect for this holy man who was persecuted by his fellow bishops and stop protecting the persecutors!!
Alex1/20/2023 10:03 pm
Michael, how exactly did I disrespect Irenaeios? I spoke about the movie made, not about Irenaeios. Irenaeios was a Patriarch and Theophilos is a Patriarch. It is not our business to judge Patriarchs or ex Patriarchs. God is their judge and He knows more about Theophilos and about Irenaeios than “film makers”. You’re all doing exactly the same thing to Patriarch Theophilos what you’re saying has been done to ex Patriarch Irenaeios. Making accusations against a Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, allowed by God to be Patriarch. The truth is you don’t know the heart of Irenaeios or of Theophilos. Only God knows. We must see our own faults, expose the evil within ourselves in Holy Confession, not make accusations whether false or true against a Patriarch. Truth without Love is nothing but slander.
Alex1/20/2023 9:50 pm
It’s not wrong to expose evil. Apostle Paul said we have to. He did not tell us to make false accusations. We are told to love our enemy. Gossip is not Christian.
Demetrios 1/17/2023 7:19 am
Alex: are you saying that it’s wrong to expose the evil committed against Patriarch Irenaeios when you say “being a victim is between yourself and God”? The man went through hell, and people who know should stay quiet and not make “a movie”? How does that make sense and how is it Christian to not expose corruption and evil committed by criminals? Are you saying that what was down to the Patriarch was justified ?
Michael 1/17/2023 7:02 am
Alex, if you “don’t know where people get their information from” and “only God knows” what happened to Patriarch Irenaeios, then why are you even commenting since by your own admission, nobody knows what happened?!! There are facts, and those facts are available to all interested parties. Even after the kabal moved to erase all information about what they did to the Jerusalem Patriarchete the information is very much still available. The fact that you refuse to refer to a former primate of Jerusalem with the respect he deserves is very telling of your attitude. Unfortunately everything stated earlier is completely factual and NOT a movie, it’s reality! Today only a pathetic phanar ruled vicariate remains of what was once the great Jerusalem Patriarchete in the USA and that is fact and not fiction or a movie! Why, what happened? The only victim in this tragic event is Patriarch Irenaeios and all those who are ruled by the Orthodox-hating Istanbul patriarchete. No, it’s not just the Jerusalem Patriarchete that refuses to recognize the godless church of the nazis in the Ukraine, there are many other Patriarchs that refuse to recognize and concelebrate with the wickedness created by P.Bartholomew, such as Antioch, Serbia and others. Please get your facts straight!
Alex1/15/2023 3:50 pm
I don't know where people get their information from. From a movie making accusations against Patriarch Theophilos? Does not really sound like a Christian movie. Being a victim is between yourself and between God, you don't share it with the whole world by making a movie about it. Who are they that they know what has really happened? Nobody knows what has happened except for God and Irenaeios himself. Stop making accusations against Patriarch Theophilos, stop framing him. Stop picking sides. Only God knows what has happened. Only God knows the heart of Theophilos and of Irenaeois. This is all pure gossip and not Christian at all. Also, as a reply to Charles, from what I understand is that the Jerusalem Patriarchate is the only Greek Orthodox Patriarch which did not recognize the schismatics in Ukraine. Also, as far as I know, all Patriarchs are ecumenists. According to prophecy it will be the Patriarch of Jerusalem who will recognize the Antichrist when he is enthroned in Jerusalem. He will say it is the Antichrist and will be killed.
Charles 1/14/2023 1:29 pm
Just curious: does anyone know whether “his all holiness” is attending the world economic forum in Switzerland this week? I’m assuming he needs to take some new orders from his daddies and be rewarded for the destruction and division he helped create in the Ukraine since he was such a good and obedient little boy!
Ferapont1/13/2023 3:35 pm
His Beatitude, the Patriarch Irenaeios of Jerusalem is a Saint and a Martyr! This holy man of God has been suffering in exile for over a decade, with his health declining with every dose of "medicine" the godless pretenders gave him. He was FORCED into retirement by the phanar's godless, satanic masters! This Holy Man of God was the TRUE patriarch of Jerusalem, and was replaced by an obedient son of the globalists. I was witness to the sad defamation of this holy man's character and the subsequent destruction of the Jerusalem patriarchate in America and the entire world outside of Palestine. People who swore on their children's lives that they would never betray the faith of their fathers and the old calendar -which the JP follows- sold out their faith, their family, the church calendar, the patriarchate and their dignity for the sake of position, power and money. It was the beginning of a new and aggressive stage in the subversion of True and Holy Orthodoxy in the USA. Patriarch Irenaeios spent the past 15 years (!) in a small apartment somewhere in Israel, where he wasn't even allowed to go outside for fresh air, and was on the verge of starvation many times. He became sick and was given "health care" by godless people pretending to be Christian who would purposely give him “medicine” that made him sicker, and triggered brain decline! I weep and mourn for this holy man, and the fact that WE did NOTHING to help him is a shameful disgrace to our Christian witness and character. May God forgive all those who directly or indirectly (by doing NOTHING) helped bring this man to his martyr’s end. He is the NEW St. Nektarios, who was persecuted by all of the orthodox patriarchates (not just Alexandria) who either helped the god-hating phanar or stood by as spectators and did nothing to help and defend their brother in Christ in his time of need! May God forgive us! As long as the orthodox church continues to serve mammon, and the godless rulers of the satanic western world instead of the eternal triune God, this saint of the church will never get the recognition that he deserves, but God sees everything and God knows the truth and He is the Truth. This holy man of God will abide with the saints and martyrs for all eternity while the godless wolves in sheep’s clothing, here on earth, continue to plot against the Holy Orthodox Church and Her blessed, pure, salvific and soul purifying teachings! May God have mercy on the dark souls of all modern-day judases! HOLY PATRIARCH IRENAEIOS, please forgive me and pray for me, the unworthy and wretched servant of Christ, Ferapont, and my family, before the throne of the eternal and Triune God whom you served faithfully all the days of your bishopric.
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