A service of rededication has taken place at St Saviour’s Church, in Acre in northern Israel, which was closed in the late 1940s. This rededication follows the re-opening and re-dedication
AMMAN — In a joint prayer service in Amman on Monday, Lutheran and Catholic church leaders celebrated and gave thanks together for the two churches’ rapprochement after 50 years of
TABGHA – On Sunday, February 12, 2017, His Eminence Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne, presided over a Mass in the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and
NAZARETH – On February 9-10, 2017, the International Christian Committee in Israel (ICCI) and the Musalaha Association held a conference in Nazareth on “The situation of the Church in Israel.”
Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem Most Rev. Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land Munib Younan on Sunday, February
As Iraqi forces continue to liberate lands from the Islamic State, many Christians who have returned to their villages have found their churches destroyed by the terrorist group. Some Muslims
“Of course we will take part in the restoration of churches, but first of all we must restore peace in the country,” Met. Hilarion (Alfeyev) said on Tuesday in a
His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II participated in the opening of the Week of Prayer for the Unity of Christians in Lebanon, held at the Church of the Synod
JERUSALEM – On Monday January 9, 2017, and in the days following the Christmas celebration according to the Julian calendar, the Heads of Local Churches visited the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - In Aleppo, at the beginning of the new year, on the occasion of World Day for Peace, Patriarch Mar Ignatios Aphrem II, Primate of the Syrian