Tonsure of a nun at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem

On Thursday, August 23/ September 5, 2024, on the feast of the Apodosis of the Dormition of the Theotokos, after the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem, Ms. Aleka Kyriakopoulou was tonsured a nun and was given the name Akylina, at the chapel of Saint Ignatios in the Monastery of the Shepherds in Beit Sahour. Sister Akylina is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Athens and serves at the Patriarchate as a teacher at the Patriarchal School of Zion, teaching the subjects of Biology and Chemistry.

The tonsure was held by her spiritual Father, the Hegoumen of the Monastery of the Shepherds, Archimandrite Ignatios, in the presence of the Abess of the Monastery of Megali Panagia, Nun Melani, where the newly tonsured nun lives, her brother, Archimandrite Polykarpos, who serves as a Sacristan at the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem and her mother Vasiliki.

After the tonsure, the new nun hosted a reception for those who honoured her with their presence.

On Tuesday, August 28/ September 10, 2024, sister Akylina visited His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem to pay her respect and thank Him.

From the General Secretariat

Source: Patriarchate of Jerusalem