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The Greek government said it will defend the historical character of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, following Palestinian calls for its “Arabisation.”
In Ramallah, on the West Bank, Palestinian MPs – furious at the alleged sale of Jerusalem land to Jewish investors by the Greek patriarchy – voted Tuesday for Arab Orthodox Christians to secede from the Greek patriarchy.
They passed a resolution urging the Palestinian Authority to no longer recognise the authority of the Greek Orthodox patriarchy over the Orthodox Arab community.
Denials of the alleged land sale, issued by Greek Patriarch Irineos I in Jerusalem, fell on deaf ears.
A Greek government spokesman, Evangelos Antonaros, said here that the Greek Orthodox patriarchy in Jerusalem had a history spanning centuries, and he believed most of the flock would not want to abandon it.
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In Ramallah, on the West Bank, Palestinian MPs – furious at the alleged sale of Jerusalem land to Jewish investors by the Greek patriarchy – voted Tuesday for Arab Orthodox Christians to secede from the Greek patriarchy.
They passed a resolution urging the Palestinian Authority to no longer recognise the authority of the Greek Orthodox patriarchy over the Orthodox Arab community.
Denials of the alleged land sale, issued by Greek Patriarch Irineos I in Jerusalem, fell on deaf ears.
A Greek government spokesman, Evangelos Antonaros, said here that the Greek Orthodox patriarchy in Jerusalem had a history spanning centuries, and he believed most of the flock would not want to abandon it.
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