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THE JAFFA GATE CHRISTIAN PROPERTIES
A statement was issued by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III on July 6, 2020, published by the "Orthodox Times." Here is an excerpt: "We, the Heads of the various Churches and Christian Communities in Jerusalem, stand united in our commitment to the Status Quo ... The case of Jaffa Gate threatens this Status Quo. We are concerned by the recent judgment of the District Court of Jerusalem, which dismissed evidence demonstrating the Greek Orthodox Church’s case, without even examining it. We strongly support the efforts of the Greek Orthodox Church to secure justice. We view the attempts by radical groups to secure property at Jaffa Gate as a systematic attempt to undermine...." READ THE ARTICLE >> |
HAGIA SOPHIA
July 24, 2020 USA TODAY "Lessons from Jerusalem: The Hagia Sophia in Turkey is too disputed to turn back into a mosque." READ MORE>> ........................... July 24, 2020 Crux "As Hagia Sophia opens as mosque Orthodox observe day of mourning." READ MORE>> ........................... July 11, 2020 Aljazeera News "World reacts to Turkey reconverting Hagia Sophia into a Mosque." READ MORE>> ........................... June 30, 2020 His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's comments: “The conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque...our Modesty has repeatedly expressed the position of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and its spiritual children all over the world... that it had served as a place of the worship of God for 900 years..." READ THE FULL ARTICLE>> |
NANTES
July 18, 2020 The Jerusalem Post "Fire Wreaks Havoc in 15th Century Nantes Cathedral in France" READ MORE >> ........................... CHINA July 23, 2020 The National Review "The Attempted Shutdown of China's Christians." READ MORE>> ........................... "CHRISTIANOPHOBIA" An interactive map of "Christianophobia" is available online with up-to-date attacks committed against Christians worldwide SEE THE MAP>> |
