WAFA: “Churches committee calls on Christians to participate in the Holy Light ceremony despite Israeli measures”

  RAMALLAH, Wednesday, April 12, 2023 (WAFA) – The Higher Presidential Committee for the Follow-up of Church Affairs in Palestine…

As Western Christian churches commemorate Easter weekend, and Eastern Orthodox churches prepare for Holy Week, the Palestinian Christians remain under…

A number of institiutions, including the Arab League condemned, Saturday, the illegal Israeli settler’s attempt to burn the Church of…

Heads of churches in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories have reacted with dismay and concern to the Israeli Knesset’s…

Jerusalem’s Christian leaders, Sunday, decided to close the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, in the old City of Jerusalem, in…

The Central Council of the Orthodox Christians in Jordan and Palestine said, on Sunday, that it has documents proving that…

Palestinian Christians from around the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel came out in harsh opposition, Saturday, to a…

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III arriving in Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations. (WAFA photos/Ahmed Mizher)  Orthodox churches celebrating Christmas according to…

Members of the Greek Orthodox Church in Palestine protesting in Jerusalem against sale of church property. (WAFA photo/Afif Amireh)   Hundreds…

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III said, Sunday, that a two-week old Israeli District Court ruling upholding a 99-year lease of…

Thousands of Christian followers of the Orthodox and Catholic faiths from all over the world, gathering at the Church of…

PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, on Thursday, expressed concerns regarding the statement of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of…

Eastern Christian denominations following the Orthodox calendar, on Wednesday, welcomed archbishops and patriarchs to celebrate Christmas Eve outside the traditional…

On November 6, 2014, Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem published a statement expressing their unease with the recent…

In a serious escalation of the Israeli attempts to divide the Arab community in the country, and amidst massive objections,…

Christmas celebrations for the Orthodox community got underway in Bethlehem on Friday, January 6th, which marks Christmas Eve for Orthodox…

Scores flocked on Wednesday to the Manger Square in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem celebrating Christmas according to…

13 members of the Greek Orthodox church in Palestine will boycott the Patriarch over accusations of leasing land to an…

A statement by Christian leaders issued Saturday stated, "Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth…