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Jordan, Syria seek to reduce tensions following strike with joint security committee - analysis

Damascus condemned the strikes as a violation of Syrian sovereignty. Jordan maintained that it targeted ISIS positions posing an imminent threat, claiming more than 20 terrorists were killed.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Mourners pray during the funeral of four members of the same family, including three children, who were killed in a reported Jordanian airstrike in the town of Al-Mismiyah, in Syria's southern Daraa province, October 27, 2026.
Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem meets with members of the Jordanian Christian community affected in the terror attack on the Church of Saint George in Hammoud.

Greek Orthodox Patriarch tells 'Post' 'minority group of radicals' conducted Jordan attack

Theophilos III shared that he met with Jordanian King Abdulla II and other members of the royal family who “all offered their heartfelt condolences and commitments of support.”

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Pope Leo XIV disembarks the papal plane upon arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport, during his first apostolic journey, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 30, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV lands in Beirut during first Middle East visit

Pope Leo XIV begins a three-day visit to Lebanon, meeting leaders, touring five cities, and honoring victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion.

|ByREUTERS
A broken gate at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, June 29, 2025.

Protesters break into Greek Orthodox Church in Nazareth, remove outer gate - report

The "Soldiers of God" broke into the church to protest the Islamic State terror attack at Mar Elias Church in Damascus, the group reportedly claimed.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Marine Le Pen and her family's ties to Russia's Orthodox and oligarchs

The French Catholic right has always held the image of the eternal Orthodox Russia close to heart.

APRIL 22, 2022ByMARLENE LARUELLE
Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party and candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, gestures as she delivers a speech after partial results in the first round of the 2022 French presidential election are announced, in Paris, France, April

Jerusalem Patriarchate: Christrians defy police, gather for Holy Fire event

"There is no justification” for limiting gatherings this year, the Patriarchate said.

APRIL 15, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Worshippers hold candles as they take part in the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old city May 4, 2013.

Russian Orthodox TV channel: Bailiffs seized $12 mln from Google in fines

"Tsargrad will send the 1 billion seized today to support Russia's special military operation."

APRIL 2, 2022ByREUTERS
Konstantin Malofeev, chairman of the board of directors of the Tsargrad media group

Bishop-Elect Rev. Canon Rafic Nahra to be consecrated this month

Bishop-Elect Rev. Canon Jamal Daibes will be consecrated in May.

APRIL 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth

Two Orthodox Christian countries at war – here’s an explanation

Explainer: Understanding the faith tradition shared by Russia and Ukraine.

MARCH 29, 2022ByJ. EUGENE CLAY
Russian President Putin and Patriarch Kirill applaud during the inaugural ceremony of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin at the Zaryadye Concert Hall in Moscow

Why is Russia's church backing Putin's war?

Opinion by Scott Kenworthy: Church-state history gives a clue

MARCH 22, 2022ByTHE CONVERSATION/REUTERS
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, conducts a service on Orthodox Christmas at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia January 6, 2018.

Pope, Russian Orthodox Patriarch discuss Ukraine in video call

This was the first known contact between the two religious leaders.

MARCH 18, 2022ByREUTERS
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill hold a virtual meeting, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Vatican, March 16, 2022.

Jerusalem church leader says Israeli extremists threaten Christian presence in city

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem accuses radical Israeli groups of threatening the presence of Christians in the holy city, while Israeli officials say reality on the ground is different.

JANUARY 9, 2022ByREUTERS
Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, arrives to participate in a baptism ceremony at the Jordan River, near Jericho in the West Bank January 18, 2020.

Post six-day war footage of Egyptian Monastery made public by Israel's national library

The collection includes texts from as early as the 1100s, written in Arabic, Syriac, Greek, Armenian and Georgian and relating to early Christian religion and Church Fathers.

DECEMBER 23, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Greek Psalms and Cantica, ca 1504.

Jacob’s Well: A historic Greek Orthodox church in Nablus, West Bank

The complex – revered in the Jewish, Samaritan, Christian and Muslim traditions – looks like it belongs in the Peloponnese or Mount Athos.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021ByGIL ZOHAR
THE GREEK Orthodox Church of Jacob’s Well in Nablus, also called St. Photini Church, was finished in 2018.