On Palm Sunday, 5th April 2015, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Officiated at Orthros and conducted the Divine Liturgy a the Holy Church of the Archangels in Daher, Cairo, parish of the Arabic-Speaking Orthodox Christians of the Patriarchate, concelebrated by His Eminence Nikodimos, Metropolitan of Memphis, Patriarchal Vicar of Cairo, and His Grace Chrysostomos Bishop of Berenice.
Present at the Eucharistic Gathering were Chairmen of Associations and Societies as well as many faithful Christians. Prior to the Dismissal, as is custom in the Community, a procession took place three times around the Church, during which His Beatitude sprinkled rosewater on the faithful, while the choirs were chanting, in Greek and Arabic, the Troparion of the Feast. Note that it is the first time in 220 years that a Patriarch of Alexandria will celebrate Holy week and the Resurrection of the Lord in Cairo.
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