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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 469

churches in Israel

A temporary tent camp set up for Palestinians who were evacuated from their homes in Khan Younis on December 11, 2023 (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
December 27, 2023, 2:44 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 27: Day 82 – Fear of disease spreading from Gaza after soldier dies
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses missile hits on Galilee church and Negev synagogue; health editor Renee Ghert-Zand looks at potential health risks coming from Gaza
By ToI Staff
Worshipers leave the Stella Maris church in Haifa, Israel after a service on July 20, 2023. (Canaan Lidor)
July 27, 2023, 10:07 am
Jewish pilgrims clash with Christian worshipers outside iconic Haifa church
Stella Maris, a Catholic house of worship, is believed by some to be burial place of Prophet Elisha; has become flashpoint as Breslov Hasidic movement members try to pray outside
By Canaan Lidor
Christian pilgrims hold candles as they gather during the ceremony of the Holy Fire at Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, on April 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 1, 2023, 12:43 am
Jerusalem churches appeal to government to safeguard Easter worship after attacks
Christian leaders lament that some of their churches, funeral processions and gathering sites have been targeted and that attendance at some ceremonies was limited by authorities
By AFP
A US tourist, left, is led away by police on suspicion that he vandalized a statue in the Church of the Flagellation in the Old City of Jerusalem, February 2, 2023. (Israel Police)
February 2, 2023, 2:33 pm
US tourist arrested for vandalizing statue in Jerusalem Old City church
Sculpture of Scourged Savior toppled in Church of Flagellation on Via Dolorosa Street; security guard wrestles man to floor; police checking if he has mental health issues
By ToI Staff
Sally Ibrahim Azar, center, a Palestinian Christian and Council member of the Lutheran World Federation is applauded by clergy after she was ordained as the first female pastor in the Holy Land, in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 22, 2023, 10:02 pm
First Palestinian woman ordained as pastor at Lutheran church in Jerusalem
Sally Azar, who will be one of five ordained women in the Middle East, to head English-speaking congregation at the Church of the Redeemer
By AP
A mosaic floor uncovered in a Byzantine era church found near Jericho. (Civil Administration)
January 12, 2023, 5:27 pm
Spectacular Byzantine church mosaics uncovered near Jericho
Building appears to have been large house of prayer that survived iconoclasm during early Islamic period and later earthquake; to be relocated for preservation, display
By ToI Staff
People walk outside the Alexander Nevsky Church in Jerusalem's Old City, on January 20, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 3, 2022, 5:01 pm
Amid Ukraine invasion, Jerusalem court nixes transfer of Old City property to Russia
Judge rules only the government is able to decide on ownership of Alexander’s Courtyard, due to matter’s political and religious considerations
By ToI Staff
Circa 400 CE Byzantine church excavated at Banias Nature Reserve. (Yaniv Cohen)
October 28, 2020, 12:16 pm
Ancient church found where Jesus said to tell Peter to establish Christianity
4th-century church, one of earliest in Israel, was built atop temple to Pan at spot in Banias where New Testament says Peter saw Jesus as Messiah, was told to spread his teachings
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Aerial view of 1,300-year-old church in the village of Kfar Kama, near Mount Tabor. (Alex Wiegmann, Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 28, 2020, 3:12 pm
Large 6th century church compound uncovered near site of Jesus’ transfiguration
Israel Antiquities Authority salvage excavations ahead of construction of playground in Galilee village of Kfar Kama reveals hitherto unknown possible monastery
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A Boswellia tree growing on Socotra island, Yemen, znm, IStock photos from Getty Images
July 8, 2019, 11:36 am
Frankincense production ‘could halve in 20 years’ because trees over-exploited
Research warns that future of aromatic resin, once used in Temple incense, is in danger due to collapse of Boswellia tree populations from which sap is collected
By Sue Surkes
Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019. (Hubert Hitier/AFP)
April 17, 2019, 11:52 pm
Radical rabbi says Notre Dame fire retribution for 13th-century Talmud burning
Shlomo Aviner, who moved to Israel from France in the 1960s, suggests fire that gutted iconic church may have been divine retribution for burning of Jewish manuscripts in 1242
By ToI Staff
The burned-out remains of a small dwelling near the Church of Mary Magdalene on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, engulfed in a fire on December 23, 2018, that claimed the life of 91-year-old nun Silva Maria Selaso. (Kan screen capture)
December 23, 2018, 11:33 am
91-year-old nun killed in fire near famed Jerusalem church
Flames engulf elderly woman’s dwelling on the slopes of Mount of Olives; no arson suspected, according to initial assessments
By ToI Staff
Protestors demonstrate outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on February 27, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 19, 2018, 9:21 pm
Churches urge Netanyahu to thwart bill restricting land sales
Armenian, Greek Orthodox and Catholic leaders accuse PM of failing to stick to commitment to withdraw legislation which they say aims to seize their property
By AFP and ToI Staff
Vandalism discovered at a Christian cemetery outside Beit Jamal Monastery on October 17, 2018. (Tag Meir)
October 18, 2018, 3:21 pm
Christian cemetery outside Jerusalem vandalized in apparent hate crime
Police probing smashing of 30 headstones at Beit Jamal Monastery’s graveyard, which has been targeted several times in recent years
By Jacob Magid
Ethiopian monks gather outside an Ethiopian Church owned complex from which police evicted them on May 31, 2018. The eldest, aged 84, stands on the left. (Channel 10 News screenshot)
June 12, 2018, 3:23 am
Ethiopia said to freeze Jerusalem embassy move over anger at abuse of monks
Ethiopia denies ever having considered move or recalling ambassador after footage shows police rudely addressing, evicting Ethiopian monks from Jerusalem complex
By ToI Staff
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