Trouble in Jerusalem for Christian Churches?

Update: 2025-08-20

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HALC Executive Director and host Endy D. Zemenides is joined by Patrick Theros, former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and former Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, to analyze the freezing of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem's bank accounts.

You can read the articles we discuss in the podcast here:

Jerusalem freezes Greek Orthodox Patriarchate's bank accounts over tax dispute | The Times of Israel

Serbia rocked by ongoing anti-government clashes – DW – 08/19/2025

President of Syria Al-Shara met Patriarch of Antioch in Damascus | Orthodox Times (en)

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