On 1st September 2009, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Chapel of Ss Theodoroi within the Patriarchal Mansion for the beginning of the new Ecclesiastical Year, before the end of which he also preformed the Blessing of the Water.
His Beatitude then received the wishes and greetings of the Clergy of the Patriarchate.