Theodosios Hanna

Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia (born 1965) is the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem . Ordained on the 24 December 2005 at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , he is the second Palestinian to hold the position of Archbishop in the history of the diocese . The Palestinian filmmaker and artist Hisham Zreiq honors the Archbishop of Sebastia Theodosios (Atallah Hanna), and the Palestinian singer Manl Mousa by giving each of them one of his artworks in The Palestinian Land Day celebration in Dortmund Germany Born Atallah Hanna in Rameh to Eastern Orthodox parents in the Upper Galilee , Archbishop Theodosios studied Greek in Jerusalem , continuing his studies in Greece where he earned his Master of Theology from University of Thessalonica School of Theology in 1991. Returning to Jerusalem, he was ordained as a priest at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre that same year. Active in public life, he has served as the spokesperson and Director of the Patriarchate's Arab Department, has taught in local schools, and lectured on Christianity at the Haifa Arab Teachers' College. Appointed by the late Patriarch Diodoros to serve as the official spokesperson for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem in 2001, Theodosios gained renown for his high-profile political activism, his outspoken denunciation of the occupation, and his stress upon the importance of Palestinian identity - positions that have made him popular with Arabs and unpopular with the Israeli authorities. Before being ordained Archbishop, Theodosios had been arrested, detained and interrogated more than once by the Israeli authorities under various allegations of 'incitement'. Theodosios also served as a member of the Constitutional Consultative Committee that worked on the third draft of the Palestinian constitution of March 2003 [1] and was awarded the Jerusalem Prize by the Palestinian National Authority 's Ministry of Culture in 2004. He is also one of the authors of Kairos Palestine together with Patriarch Michel Sabah , Naim Ateeq , Rifat Odeh Kassis , Nora Qort and others. "The struggle to keep the faith in Bethlehem: After 2,000 years Christianity is in danger of extinction in the land of its birth" .

Israeli archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia (born 1965) is the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem . He is often named in Western news sources as Atallah Hanna , Atallah and Theodosios [ de ] both meaning "gift of God" in Arabic and Greek , respectively. Theodosios, who was ordained on the 24 December 2005 at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , is the second Palestinian to hold the position of archbishop in the history of the diocese . The Palestinian filmmaker and artist Hisham Zreiq honors the Archbishop of Sebastia Theodosios (Atallah Hanna), and the Palestinian singer Manl Mousa by giving each of them one of his artworks during Palestinian Land Day celebration in Dortmund , Germany Maria C.

Palestinian archbishop of the Greek Church Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia (born 1965) is the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem . He is often named in Western news sources as Atallah Hanna , Atallah and Theodosios [ de ] both meaning "gift of God" in Arabic and Greek , respectively. Theodosios, who was ordained on the 24 December 2005 at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , is the second Palestinian to hold the position of archbishop in the history of the diocese . The Palestinian filmmaker and artist Hisham Zreiq honors the Archbishop of Sebastia Theodosios (Atallah Hanna), and the Palestinian singer Manl Mousa by giving each of them one of his artworks during Palestinian Land Day celebration in Dortmund , Germany Maria C.

Palestinian archbishop of the Greek Church Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia (born 1965) is the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem . Colloquially known as Atallah Hanna ( Arabic : عطالله حنا ), Atallah and Theodosios [ de ] both meaning "gift of God" in Arabic and Greek , respectively. Theodosios, who was ordained on the 24 December 2005 at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , is the second Palestinian to hold the position of archbishop in the history of the diocese . The Palestinian filmmaker and artist Hisham Zreiq honors the Archbishop of Sebastia Theodosios (Atallah Hanna), and the Palestinian singer Manal Mousa by giving each of them one of his artworks during Palestinian Land Day celebration in Dortmund , Germany Khoury, Maria C.