This caught my eye today. An often forgotten thing in Israel/Palestine is the small but historically very important Christian community. Well, at least the Greek priests weren't fighting the Armenian priests this day as they did during Christmas.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has been there the longest and is regarded by the Orthodox as the mother church of all Christendom.
It runs the main Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as well as many of the holy sites in Jerusalem such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, sometimes in partnership with the Roman Catholic, Coptic and Armenian Orthodox churches.
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