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Dormition Abbey
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July 19, 2023, 4:33 pm
Anger as abbot told to hide his cross on visit to Western Wall with German minister
Nikodemus Schnabel protests after being told his attire is ‘inappropriate’; state-run Heritage Foundation apologizes for ‘distress caused’ but defends request
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June 27, 2019, 1:02 pm
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Jerusalem’s 11th annual event has thousands of visitors following three dazzling routes of art through and around the Old City
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March 12, 2019, 6:36 pm
Church official fumes after case against suspected monastery vandals dropped
Decision to not pursue prosecution of pair over anti-Christian graffiti on Dormition Abbey called ‘unacceptable’
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March 11, 2019, 7:56 pm
Prosecution drops case against far-right activists in Jerusalem church arson
Decision marks further blow to Shin Bet, which saw confessions it extracted from suspect through elaborate jailhouse informant exercise thrown out by court two months ago
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January 1, 2019, 2:55 pm
In blow to Shin Bet, court quashes minor’s confessions in Jerusalem church arson
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January 31, 2016, 9:01 pm
3 Jewish teens indicted for vandalizing Jerusalem church
‘Christians to hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ were found scrawled on the walls of Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey earlier this month
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January 20, 2016, 11:33 am
Israeli teens arrested for defacing church with anti-Christian graffiti
‘Christians to hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ were scrawled on the walls of Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey
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January 17, 2016, 10:30 am
Jerusalem church defaced with anti-Christian graffiti
‘Christians to Hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ among slogans scrawled on the walls of Dormition Abbey
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January 3, 2016, 10:14 pm
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September 16, 2015, 1:39 am
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