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Patriarch Mesrob II, the spiritual leaders of Turkey's Armenian Orthodox community, looks toward cameras after a ceremony marking the restoration of the Akhtamar church, one of the most precious remnants of Armenian culture 1,000 years ago, in Lake Van in eastern Turkey, Thursday, March 29, 2007. (AP Photo)
March 8, 2019, 7:01 pm
Armenian patriarch in Turkey, Mesrob II, dies at 62
84th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople dies at a hospital where he was cared for since he was incapacitated in 2008 with dementia
By AP
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement to the press as he stands next to the Custodian of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton and Armenian Bishop Siwan (L) on February 25, 2018, outside of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
November 12, 2018, 1:31 am
Government postpones decision on controversial church lands bill
Sponsor of legislation, MK Rachel Azaria, said she hopes to reach a settlement with religious leaders in the coming weeks
By Agencies and TOI staff
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement to the press as he stands next to the Custodian of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton and Armenian Bishop Siwan (L) on February 25, 2018, outside of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
October 24, 2018, 5:49 am
Israel reassures churches it does not seek to seize their lands
Cabinet minister Tzachi Hanegbi meets church leaders after they send a letter to PM urging him to block a bill that would let state intervene in Jerusalem land dispute
By AFP and Sue Surkes
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement to the press announcing the closure of the Holy Sepulchre church as he stands next to the Custodian of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton and Armenian Bishop Siwan, left, on February 25, 2018. (AFP/ GALI TIBBON)
October 22, 2018, 1:33 am
PM again puts brakes on draft law to confiscate land sold by churches
Under pressure from furious church leaders and from head of powerful US congressional caucus, Netanyahu stops advancement of bill backed by justice minister
By Sue Surkes
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement to the press as he stands next to the Custodian of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton and Armenian Bishop Siwan (L) on February 25, 2018, outside of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
February 25, 2018, 4:46 pm
After Holy Sepulchre locked, bill allowing seizure of former church land shelved
Catholics and Orthodox launch protest over a proposed property law and a Jerusalem municipality bid to make churches pay back taxes
By Sue Surkes and Tamar Pileggi
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