Introduction – Land Purchases in the Holy Land The Zionists were not the only colonizers in Palestine. From the late eighteenth century, various Christian denominations began make Land Purchases in ...
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Orthodox Easter
Israel and You greets all of our Orthodox friends and wishes them a happy and healthy Orthodox Easter. The Easter Acclamation The Paschal Greeting is an Easter custom among Eastern ...
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A previous Byzantine basilica was build here in the 15th Century C.E. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem received permission from the Ottoman authorities at the end of the nineteenth century to build ...
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Holy Sepulchre Politics You think Israeli politics is confusing? Wait till you visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Different Christian ...
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