The Commemoration of Saint Thekla at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
From the General Secretariat of the Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem
On Tuesday, 24th September / 7th October 2025, the Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated the commemoration of Saint Thekla, the First Martyr and Equal to the Apostles, who came from Iconium of Asia Minor. She became a disciple of the Apostle Paul, abandoned her betrothed Thamyris, endured torments for Christ in Antioch and other places, preached Christ, and when a rock was rent asunder, it covered her. Having retired to her homeland, she fell asleep in the Lord at the age of ninety.
Her commemoration was celebrated at her chapel adjoining the Holy Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, with Great Vespers in the evening and the Divine Liturgy in the morning, presided over in prayer by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches. and concelebrated by the Priests of Saint Constantine, with the participation in prayer of the Hierarchs and Hieromonks of the Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood.
After Vespers, according to custom, boiled wheat and rusks with wine were offered in the courtyard, and following the Divine Liturgy, refreshments were served in the Epitropikon.
This news was originally published on the website of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.