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Churches denounce Israel violence against Christians

May 13, 2013 Featured News

13/5/13 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Patriarchs and heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem on Sunday released a joint statement denouncing attacks by Israeli police officers on worshipers and pilgrims during Holy Saturday at the Church of Holy Sepulcher. Signatories of the statement highlighted that they saw “awful scenes of the brutal treatment to clerics, average people [...]

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P.A. Slams Israeli Attack On Worshipers Marking Eastern Orthodox Easter

May 8, 2013 Featured News

7/5/13 The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement strongly denouncing the Israeli military and police attacks against Palestinian Christians, diplomats, priests and visitors, celebrating the eastern Holy Fire Saturday, before Easter this past Saturday. The Ministry said that Israeli soldiers and policemen verbally and physically attacked dozens of worshipers and families, and prevented them from [...]

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The Copts flee Egypt

May 3, 2013 Featured News

3/5/13 Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less dramatic than the reports have made it appear, writesMichael Adel The exodus of the Copts from Egypt is revisited every time there is political or sectarian turmoil in the country. [...]

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Israel parliament discusses Armenian genocide case despite reconciliation talks with Turkey

April 25, 2013 News

By Associated Press – 25/4/13 JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament has held a special session on whether to recognize the mass killings of Armenians as genocide, even as the government takes new steps to repair relations with Turkey. Tuesday’s parliamentary debate came a day after senior Israeli officials wrapped up a round of reconciliation talks in Turkey. [...]

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Kidnap of Syrian bishops sparks global concern

April 24, 2013 Featured News

23/4/13 DAMASCUS — The kidnapping of two Syrian bishops, reportedly by Chechen fighters, sparked international concern on Tuesday, as rebels battled regime and Hezbollah forces in Homs province, a watchdog said. In Israel, meanwhile, a senior military intelligence official said President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime has used chemical weapons, including sarin, against rebels on several occasions in [...]

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Israel: The Politics Behind

April 23, 2013 News

 Akiva Eldar for Al-Monitor  Israel Pulse - 22/4/13 On Wednesday [April 24] the world will mark the 98th anniversary of the genocide  carried out against the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire. As it does every year,  this year, too, Israel will be silent. The Jewish state, which just two weeks  ago [April 8] honored the 6 [...]

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Palestinian Christians dwindling in number due to political situation

April 16, 2013 Featured News
Church representatives from Palestine in Dublin yesterday. From left: Canon Naim Ateek, Archbishop Theodosius Hanna and the Rev Fr Peter Madros. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Patsy McGarry- 16/4/13 Senior Palestianian churchmen blame Israel, the US, and Germany. Since the foundation of the Israeli state in 1948 at least 35 per cent of Palestinian Christians had left the Holy Land, a senior Palestinian churchman said in Dublin yesterday. “It has been the greatest de-Christianising influence there since the Ottomans,” Fr Peter [...]

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Eritrea: Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities

April 2, 2013 News

Joel Millman – March 2013 Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities CAMPBELL, Calif.—Ande Zerasion’s voice chokes up reliving the sound of his daughter pleading for help: “Baba, I am in Sinai. Please call me.” It was early October, recalls Mr. Zerasion, a 35-year-old refugee from the tiny African country of Eritrea [...]

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Russian army introduces the flying Orthodox church-in-a-box

April 2, 2013 Featured News

Oliver Wainwright - 2/4/13 The latest addition to the Russian military arsenal takes the form of an airborne church complete with parachuting priests. The Russian military unveiled an unlikely new weapon in its arsenal this month – an army of parachuting priests. The unit of chaplains, who have joined the Russian Airborne Force to train in [...]

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Palestinian Christians Face

March 30, 2013 News

Lena Odgaard for Al-Monitor  Palestine Pulse- 30/3/13 Thousands of Christians from across the globe are flocking to Jerusalem to  follow the footsteps of Jesus during the Easter festivities. But while pilgrims  from Africa, Asia, the US and Europe can easily spend the most important  Christian holiday in the historic city, Christian Palestinians living only five  [...]

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Egyptian Copts celebrate Easter in Jerusalem

March 28, 2013 News

28/3/13 CAIRO (Ma’an) — Fifty Egyptian Coptic Christians left Cairo for Israel on Thursday to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem, an Egyptian security official said. Several flights are scheduled between Cairo and Tel Aviv to bring Christian worshipers to Jerusalem for Easter. It is the second year that Egyptian pilgrims have celebrated Easter in Jerusalem since [...]

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Joy of the Presentation of the Lord at the Romanian Patriarchate

February 7, 2013 Featured News

On 2 February, every year, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Presentation of the Lord. On the occasion of this great royal feast, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, together with His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe. After [...]

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US religious leaders seek two-state solution for Palestine and Israel

January 27, 2013 News

Arthur Hagopian – 27/1/13 Leading figures among the Armenian and Greek Orthodox  churches in the US have joined other leaders of Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious and lay organizations and institutions, pledging to mobilize support for peace in the Middle East. Armenian Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, the Director of Ecumenical Affairs for Armenian Orthodox Church in [...]

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Moment of Truth in Jerusalem

January 23, 2013 News

 Edmond Y. Azadian – 22/1/13 An eerie silence reigns over the Armenian news media, both in Armenia and in the diaspora, on one of the most crucial issues facing the entire Armenian world. Indeed, the election of a patriarch in Jerusalem is around the corner when the Brotherhood of St. James convenes on January 23. We cannot lull [...]

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Georgian pilgrims denied Israeli visas

January 12, 2013 Featured News

12/1/13 – Lika Moshiashvili On Christmas Eve, the news that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Israel had refused to issue visas to Georgia’s commercial tour agencies, as well as the Religious Tourism Department, the Patriarch’s Office and the administration of the Orthodox Church of Georgia for attending the holy ceremonies in Israel, was a [...]

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Learning to love thy Christian neighbor

December 27, 2012 News

David Rap – 27/12/12 The beautiful lowland between the Israel Museum and the neighborhood of Rehavia in Jerusalem is called Emek Hamatzlevah, “The Valley of the Cross.” Within the valley is a Greek Orthodox monastery with the same name. The name comes from Christian tradition, which holds that a tree from the valley provided the [...]

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The Nativity of Jesus Christ, our Lord, is the Mysterious Work of the Most Holy Trinity

December 27, 2012 Featured News

On 23 December 2012, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, delivered a sermon in the chapel of Saint Gregory the Enlightener of the Patriarchal Residence in which he explained the significance of the evangelical parable of the Sunday before the Nativity of the Lord of Saint Evangelist Matthew 1:1-24, referring to the [...]

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In the footsteps of Jesus

December 24, 2012 Featured News

Akrita Reyar 24/12/12 Setting foot into Israel is like walking into a bylane of history. It is a discovery of olden times, of the potential of the spirit, the hardships which are a test of our faith, and the awakening into joy that dwells in our hearts forever. The journey is magical; to see in [...]

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Christmas in Bethlehem

December 24, 2012 Featured News

24/12/12 Israel has taken measures to ensure a safe environment, smooth access and movement for the many worshippers and tourists who come to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem. (Communicated by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories – COGAT) Israel actively supports and protects freedom of worship for every religion. This takes on special significance [...]

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75,000 tourists set to arrive for Christmas

December 17, 2012 Featured News

17/12/2012 – Ynetnews Ministry of Tourism to offer free transportation for Christian pilgrims traveling between Jerusalem, Bethlehem. Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov will host the traditional pre-Christmas reception for leaders of the Christian communities and churches in Israelat Mishkenot Shaananim in Jerusalem on Monday. The minister will send season’s greetings for Christmas to the Christian communities, [...]

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Jerusalem: monk forgives vandals after seventh attack on monastery

December 17, 2012 News

Dan Bergin -14/12/12 Jewish extremists sprayed anti-Christian graffiti on the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem and on the gates of an Armenian cemetery, police said on Wednesday. They also slashed the tyres of three cars belonging to staff, and wrote the words ‘price tag’ (a term usually referring to a hate crime [...]

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Israel, Christians Negotiate The Price Of Holy Water

December 7, 2012 News

ANTHONY KUHN -6 /12/2012 One of the holiest sites in Christendom has also been one of the most contested. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem lies on the site where Jesus Christ is said to have been crucified and buried. Multiple Christian denominations share the church uneasily, and clerics sometimes come to blows over [...]

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Israel will do everything for Orthodox believers – Peres

November 13, 2012 Featured News

Jerusalem, November 12, Interfax – Israeli President Shimon Peres said he will always remember Russia’s exceptional role in the victory over fascism. “I will never forget that Russia together with the allies emerged victorious from World War II, paying the dearest price for the victory – the lives of 30 million citizens who dealt the [...]

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch meets Edelstein

November 13, 2012 News

By JEREMY SHARON 12/11/2012 Kirill arrived in Israel as part of a world tour promoting his book, will visit various Christian sites in the country. Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein on Sunday met in Jerusalem with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill I, who is currently in Israel on an official visit as the [...]

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Archbishop Hanna Denounces Israeli Attempts To Recruit Christians To The Israeli Army

November 5, 2012 Featured News

5/11/2012 Archbishop Attalla Hanna of the Greek Orthodox Church In Jerusalem, voiced strong condemnation to the Israeli attempts to recruit Arab Christians in the 1948 territory (Israel) into the Israeli military that occupies their people and their lands. Father Hanna strongly denounced some elements that held meetings with Israeli officials in an attempt to encourage [...]

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