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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

Armenian Orthodox Patriarchate

Armenian Christians, accompanied by Israeli volunteers, enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
April 14, 2025, 10:51 pm
On Palm Sunday, Israeli volunteers escort Christian processions to report racist incidents
Volunteers from the Religious Freedom Data Center accompany Armenian, Latin, clerics to and from Church of Holy Sepulchre during their annual holy week ritual
By Sue Surkes
Young seminarians of the Armenian Christian convent arrive for the daily afternoon prayer service at St. James Cathedral at the Armenian quarter in Jerusalem, November 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
December 18, 2024, 12:40 pm
Eclipsed by conflict, Armenians struggle for survival in Jerusalem’s Old City
As population dwindles, small Armenian Christian community face attacks from Jewish fundamentalists and is in danger of losing land to questionable deal
By AP and ToI Staff
A 'preliminary reconstruction' showing the ancient church discovered at Artaxata, in an image released on October 11, 2024. (courtesy Armenian-German Artaxata Project)
October 22, 2024, 10:42 am
Remains of one of the oldest churches in the world discovered in Armenia
Octagonal-shaped structure dates from the mid-4th century CE, not long after the Kingdom of Armenia is thought to have become the first Christian kingdom
By Gavriel Fiske
Franciscan friars and sisters pray during a mass for the Feast of the Ascension on The Rock of the Ascension at The Chapel of the Ascension in Jerusalem on May 20, 2020. The Feast of the Ascension commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 24, 2024, 8:37 am
Churches protest Israel’s demand they pay property tax, say it’s undoing status quo
Though they’re major landowners, churches traditionally were exempt from property taxes; leaders call warning letters a ‘coordinated attack’ on Christian presence in Holy Land
By Julia Frankel
Joe Zaarour, a member of Jerusalem's Armenian community, plays the flute while sitting on a pile of debris after bulldozers destroyed sections of the Cows' Garden area in the Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem's Old City, November 24, 2023 (Sarah Tuttle Singer/Times of Israel)
December 9, 2023, 8:52 am
Land dispute in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter escalates as residents fear eviction
Tensions mount after Jewish developer leased 25% of Old City’s neighborhood from Armenian patriarch against community’s will; now bulldozers have appeared at the site
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Members of the Armenian community protest a contentious deal to hand over a large section of the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem for a hotel project, May 19, 2023. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
June 7, 2023, 3:37 pm
In Jerusalem’s Old City, Armenian community members fear eviction over land deal
Outrage over sale to Australian-Israeli businessman partnered with Emirati hotel group prompts Armenian patriarch to go into hiding and leads to defrocking of broker priest
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative -- In this Oct. 9, 2016 photo, Armenian priests arrive for Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during its renovation in Jerusalem's Old City (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
November 28, 2022, 9:54 am
Givati soldiers accused of spitting at Armenian archbishop in Jerusalem procession
Police escorting Feast of the Cross event in Old City detained 2, in latest incident of controversial behavior by unit’s soldiers; IDF: Those involved will face disciplinary action
By ToI Staff
A new wing at Jerusalem's Edward and Helen Mardigian Armenian Museum. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 19, 2022, 9:34 am
Visit the Old City monastery that holds Jerusalem’s 1,700-year-old Armenian history
A new museum at the Armenian Monastery offers displays of stunning mosaics and artworks, artifacts and architecture, going back to Armenia’s 4th-century roots in the Holy Land
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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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