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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate

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
Worshippers stand with a monk outside the closed entrance to the tomb of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem following the alleged assault of a priest, on March 19, 2023. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
March 20, 2023, 7:55 am
Greek Church condemns ‘terror attack’ after clerics targeted at Jerusalem holy site
Israel Police say southern Israel resident wielding iron bar arrested for ‘violent incident’ at Tomb of the Virgin Mary; eyewitness claims two Jewish men involved
By AFP and ToI Staff
The Jerusalem neighborhood of Talbieh, viewed from the Old City of Jerusalem. (Pinybal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons). The Inbal Hotel can be seen in the foreground.
January 20, 2023, 9:51 am
US developer pays over $200 million for slice of central Jerusalem
Greek Orthodox Church sells land that includes homes, hotels, and undeveloped plots to luxury US real estate firm
By Danielle Nagler
Former Greek Patriarch Irineos I waves from the rooftop of his apartment in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 6, 2011. (AP/Dan Balilty)
January 15, 2023, 6:11 am
Ex-Greek Orthodox patriarch, who said church imprisoned him in Jerusalem, dies at 83
Irineos I, ousted from position in 2005 over allegations he sold patriarchate land to settlers, claimed successor confined him in apartment for over a decade
By ToI Staff
Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox patriarch Theophilos III leads the Christmas Midnight Mass for the Greek Orthodox at the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem, on January 7, 2018. (Musa Al Shaer/AFP)
July 16, 2022, 2:56 am
Meeting Biden, J’lem Christian leader describes ‘attacks by Israeli radical groups’
Greek patriarch of Jerusalem tells US leader there is an ‘unprecedented’ effort to drive Christians out of the holy city, through vandalism and property seizures
By ToI Staff
The Imperial Hotel (left) and the Petra Hostel (right), located between Jaffa Gate and the Arab market in Jerusalem's Old City, June 21, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 27, 2022, 11:35 am
Old City hotelier facing eviction: ‘Biden, give Christians 10 minutes of your visit’
Abu el-Walid Dajani, whose family has leased Imperial Hotel since 1949, says ‘Palestinian heritage endangered’; new leaseholder Ateret Cohanim: ‘Jews entitled to live everywhere’
By Sue Surkes
The Imperial Hotel next to Jaffa Gate in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on November 29, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/AFP)
June 15, 2022, 4:17 pm
Russia expresses ‘deep concern’ over Jerusalem church land ruling
Remarks come amid deterioration in ties following evidence of Russian atrocities in Ukraine and growing antisemitic rhetoric from Russian leaders
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Housing construction in Holon. Illustrative. (100 via iStock by Getty Images)
June 14, 2022, 2:05 pm
Daily Briefing June 14: Country’s under construction, but who can afford the prices?
Environmental correspondent Sue Surkes discusses Greek Orthodox Church real estate and marinas, as real estate reporter Danielle Nagler looks at housing prices and tourist options
By ToI Staff
People walk past the Imperial Hotel located next to the Jaffa Gate in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on November 29, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/AFP)
June 9, 2022, 7:11 pm
Supreme Court upholds Greek church sales to far-right group, ending legal battle
Top court backs earlier district court ruling rejecting retrial bid. Patriarchate vows to continue supporting Palestinian tenants who face potential eviction
By Sue Surkes
The Jerusalem neighborhood of Talbieh, viewed from the Old City of Jerusalem. (Pinybal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons). The Inbal Hotel can be seen in the foreground.
December 29, 2021, 2:04 pm
Court orders $13m paid to Jewish National Fund over 21-year-old botched lease deal
Company that subsequently bought Jerusalem land from Greek Orthodox Church will have to pay up; hundreds of homeowners still worried about future of their leases
By Sue Surkes
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilus III, center, together with the Franciscan Custodian of the Holy Land Fr Francesco Patton, center-right, and fellow church leaders from different denominations hold an ecumenical prayer outside the Petra hostel at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on July 11, 2019. (GALI TIBBON/AFP)
June 25, 2020, 2:09 pm
Jerusalem court nixes Greek church bid to stop property sale to right-wing group
District court says it won’t block transfer of rights to 3 buildings to Jewish organization Ateret Cohanim; Greek Orthodox Patriarchate says it’ll appeal ruling
By 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)
May 10, 2020, 7:13 pm
Greek Church demands evacuation of ‘living museum’ in Jerusalem
Patriarchate alleges Ein Yael museum, which has been operating since early 1990s, is on its land illegally
By ToI Staff
View of Jerusalem's Nayot neighborhood on January 10, 2015, after a snowy day. Many properties in this neighborhood have been sold by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch to private investors. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 5, 2020, 6:10 pm
Jerusalem court rules in favor of developers in case of former church land
Court orders Jerusalem Municipality, which had claimed church still owed taxes, to lift freeze, provide documents to allow new private owners to register land as theirs
By Sue Surkes
The Imperial Hotel next to Jaffa Gate in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on November 29, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/AFP)
December 3, 2019, 1:00 pm
At Jerusalem Old City hotel, eviction fears dampen Christmas cheer
After court temporarily freezes sale of Imperial Hotel to Jewish group, proprietor remains unsure whether ruling will mark a turning point in long-running dispute over the property
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Imperial Hotel at the Jaffa Gate, the lease to which was sold to the right-wing Ateret Cohanim organization and is the subject of an appeal by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 29, 2019, 3:14 pm
Judge orders case reopened in long-running E. Jerusalem church property dispute
District court tells Jewish settlement organization Ateret Cohanim to pay Greek Orthodox Patriarchate NIS 50,000 for legal costs after failing to respond to latest church petition
By ToI Staff
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