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On September 29, 2024, Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center will host a webinar discussing the plight of Christians in the Holy Land, especially in Gaza. The Orthodox Church has had a venerable presence in the Holy Land since the beginning. The webinar will explore three primary aspects of this presence: 1) the history of Orthodox Christianity in Palestine (the West Bank and Gaza) and Israel, from the ancient to the modern periods; 2) current issues in “church-state” relations amid the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, other local Christian traditions, and the local governments, and 3) the recent history of Christians in Gaza, especially at the Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrios.
