Holy Land

The pilgrims to the Holy Land received an audience from Pat. Theophilos III. Photo: orthodox-europe.org ROCOR Cleric Joins Patriarchal Liturgy for Consecration of New Abp. of Sinai U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance condemned the Knesset bill before departing from Israel. Photo: Getty Images U.S. Leaders Condemn Israeli Knesset Vote Toward West Bank Annexation An Israeli soldier stands guard as Palestinians gather in protest at the site of a new road under construction for the use of Israeli settlers near the Palestinian village of Beit Ur Israel Passes West Bank Annexation Bill During Vance Visit Vice President J.D. Vance praying at the Western Wall during a 2022 visit to Jerusalem. Photo: J.D. Vance/X Vance Plans to Visit Holy Sepulchre While in Jerusalem Entrance to the Tomb of the Prophetrs [CREDIT: missionrocor.ru] Misinformation Campaign Targets Christian Presence on Mount of Olives Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate Jerusalem Patriarch, Church Leaders Meet U.S. Senators Over Christian Hardships Middle East Council of Churches Condemns Freezing of Jerusalem Patriarchate’s Accounts Middle East Council of Churches Condemns Freezing of Jerusalem Patriarchate’s Accounts A fire broke out on the grounds of the Russian Mission’s metochion in Hebron. Photo: rusdm.ru Garden Set on Fire at Russian Ecclesiastical Mission's Metochion in Holy Land Mount Tabor on the Feast of the Transfiguration. Photo: pravkhabarovsk.ru Israeli Police Ban Celebration of Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor Photo: orderofsaintgeorge.org Order of St. George Condemns Attack on Palestinian Christian Village Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (center right) and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa (center left) participate in a prayer ceremony. Photo: Times of Israel Patr. Theophilos, Holy Land Church Leaders Condemn Israeli Settler Violence in West Bank Christian Village Masked Israeli settlers hurl rocks at Palestinians in the village of Sinjil on July 4. Photo: John Wessels/AFP via Getty American Citizen Beaten to Death by Israeli Settlers in West Bank Lazarus Saturday in the Bethany Community of the Resurrection of Christ Lazarus Saturday in the Bethany Community of the Resurrection of Christ