Patriarch Theophilos Awards EU Ambassador to Israel for Supporting Christians
Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos III presented the European Union Ambassador to Israel with a jubilee medal of the Patriarchate.
Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos III received European Union Ambassador to Israel Alexander Stutzmann at his residence and presented the diplomat with a jubilee medal of the Jerusalem Patriarchate. This was reported by the press service of the Jerusalem Patriarchate.
The meeting took place on Thursday, August 21, 2026. Ambassador Stutzmann thanked Patriarch Theophilos III for the trust placed in him and for the fruitful cooperation throughout his years of diplomatic service in Israel.
In response, the Primate of the Jerusalem Church expressed gratitude to the diplomat for the support he had provided to the Patriarchate and to the Christians of the Holy Land. As a token of appreciation, Theophilos III presented the ambassador with a medal struck by the Patriarchate to mark the two-thousandth anniversary of Christianity.
As the UOJ reported, Patriarch Theophilos presented Donald Trump with the highest order of the Jerusalem Church.
