Heads of Churches in Jerusalem meet diplomatic missions regarding challenges facing Christians in the Holy Land

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From the General Secretariat of the Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Jerusalem – Feb.14.2025

Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, led by His Beatitude Patriarch Kyrios Kyrios Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine and Jordan, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), met on Friday, 14 February, with a delegation of several Consul Generals and Heads of Missions in Jerusalem and to the Palestinian Authority, as well as representatives of the Quartet and UNSCO, at the headquarters of the Jerusalem Patriarchate.

The various churches’ representatives included His Paternity Francisco Patton, Custodian of the Holy Land; Archbishop Hosam Naoum of the Episcopal Archdiocese, Representatives of the Armenian Patriarchate, Coptic Patriarchate, and Ethiopian Patriarchate.

The briefing, which is held annually in an effort to bring together faith and prosperity, aimed to focus on the impact of the war in Gaza and the region on the local Christian communities, and the rising hostilities and challenges facing them in the Holy Land.

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III opened the meeting by calling for the need to “bolster, support, and maintain the current ceasefire, and.. collectively commit ourselves to rebuild our places of worship and ministries so that an enduring peace can take root.” He also expressed the importance of diplomatic collaboration with the churches in a mutual effort to maintain the multi religious, multi ethnic, and multi cultural character of the Holy Land…

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