Jerusalem

Jerusalem Patriarch, churches say Christian Zionism threatens Christianity

Senior clergy say outside agendas are fracturing Christian unity in the Holy Land and undermining their authority.

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Israeli right-wing activists carry national flags in Jerusalem's Old City during a flag march for Jerusalem Day on May 26, 2025, commemorating the Israeli army's 1967 capture of the city's eastern sector during the Arab-Israeli war.

Israelis march through the Old City for Jerusalem Day. [AFP]

Israelis wave national flags during a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The march often becomes a rowdy and violent procession of ultranationalist Jews. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Israeli police scuffle with Israeli youths during a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli police scuffle with Israeli youths during the march. [Leo Correa/AP Photo]

Right-wing Israeli teens gesture, on Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Palestinian shopkeepers had closed up early on Monday and police lined the narrow alleys. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

Palestinian women walk past Israeli police, on Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Security forces escort Palestinian women after they were attacked by right-wing Israeli activists. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

The march commemorates Jerusalem Day, which marks Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem, including the Old City and its holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in the 1967 war. [Leo Correa/AP Photo]

Police scuffle with Israeli youths during a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Police said they would maintain order and urged the public to refrain from taunting and violence. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

An Israeli right-wing youth argues with a left-wing activist in Jerusalem's Old City during a flag march for Jerusalem Day on May 26, 2025, commemorating the Israeli army's 1967 capture of the city's eastern sector during the Arab-Israeli war.

A right-wing Israeli youth argues with a left-wing activist. [AFP]

A solidarity activist hands out flowers to Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City during a flag march by Israeli right-wing activists to mark Jerusalem Day on May 26, 2025, commemorating the Israeli army's 1967 capture of the city's eastern sector during the Arab-Israeli war.

A solidarity activist hands out flowers to Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City. [AFP]

Thousands gather for centuries-old Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem

People gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, on the day of the Holy Fire ceremony, in Jerusalem's Old City. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III arrives to celebrate the annual Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre church, a day before Orthodox Easter. [John Wessels/AFP]

A woman holds candles as people gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the day of the Holy Fire ceremony. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

Christian pilgrims hold candles during the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site where, according to tradition, Jesus was crucified and buried, in Jerusalem's Old City. [Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo]

Christian pilgrims light candles during the Holy Fire ceremony. [Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo]

The ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where the 1,000-year-old rite takes place, was built over the site where Christian tradition says Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected. [Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo]

The ceremony, when a flame which the faithful believe sparks miraculously each year is brought from the tomb, marks the most important event in the Orthodox calendar. [Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo]

Clutching candles, so the flame can be passed from one to another, pilgrims attended the church this year in reduced numbers. [John Wessels/AFP]

In the past, about 10,000 worshippers would fill the church, with many more crowding outside, before the flame was flown to Orthodox communities internationally. [Jamal Awad/Reuters]

Christians comprised 18 percent of the Holy Land population - today's Israel, occupied Palestinian territory and Jordan - when the State of Israel was created in 1948, according to the Latin Patriarchate, but now they are fewer than 3 percent, mostly Orthodox. [Jamal Awad/Reuters]

Father Aghan Gogchyan, chancellor of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, stands outside St James Cathedral in the Armenian Quarter of occupied <span>East Jerusalem</span>. [Francisco Seco/AP Photo]

An Armenian Christian priest walks into an alley near St James Cathedral. [Francisco Seco/AP Photo]

Armenians began arriving in the Old City as early as the fourth century, inspired by the religious significance of the city to Christianity. [Francisco Seco/AP Photo]

An activist fighting the Armenian Quarter lease fixes maps of the area on a wall inside a makeshift camp set up in a parking lot where the hotel is to be built. [Francisco Seco/AP Photo]

Armenian flags wave at a makeshift barricade set up by local activists in a parking area known as Cows Garden in the Armenian Quarter. [Francisco Seco/AP Photo]

The Rossing Center, which tracks anti-Christian attacks in the Holy Land, documented about 20 attacks on Armenian observers, Armenian private property and church properties in 2023. [Francisco Seco/AP Photo]

Seminarians at the Armenian Christian convent arrive for the daily afternoon prayer service at St James Cathedral. [Francisco Seco/AP Photo]

The Armenians are one of the oldest communities in Jerusalem and have lived in the Old City without significant friction with their neighbors, centered around a convent that acts as a welfare state. [Francisco Seco/AP Photos]