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Church & Ministry
Hard-hit by pandemic, Orthodox church attendance rebounds
The pandemic was especially challenging for Orthodox churches, whose liturgy involves processions, incense, kissing icons and crosses, and receiving Communion…
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Archaeology and History
Palestinians attack Church site that protects Jacob’s Well
A Palestinian mob has attacked and damaged a Christian church that preserves the site of Jacob’s Well. Scripture says it…
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Faith
Ukrainian Jews who follow Jesus serving in Israel
Many Russian-speaking Jews who fled the fighting in Ukraine now find themselves in another warzone. What makes the situation even…
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Archaeology and History
Museum of the Bible returns manuscript that was stolen from monastery during WWI
The Museum of the Bible has returned a stolen manuscript to the Greek Orthodox Church. Bulgarian troops in 1917 looted…
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Greek Orthodox Church accuses fringe groups of trying to drive it from Jerusalem
Radical fringe groups in Israel are trying to drive the Greek Orthodox Church out of Jerusalem, according to the local…
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Church & Ministry
U.S. Christians play vital role in restoring Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
Christians in the United States have pitched in to help restore the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, which is…
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Columns
Biblical Israel: Garden of Gethsemane
Mark and Matthew identify Gethsemane as the place Jesus went with his disciples after eating the Passover meal within the…
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