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Jerusalem christmas

Christmas in Jerusalem: Take a last-minute trip to the Holy City for some much-needed festive cheer

Here’s how to celebrate the merriest of seasons in the most magical city in the world.

|ByLAUREN GUMPORT
THE WINTER Dreams exhibit at the Botanical Gardens
The service of the Royal Hours of Christmas at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Friday, January 5, 2024.

Orthodox Christians in Israel mark holiday as war in Gaza rages on

Armenian Christians celebrate the holiday on January 6. However, Armenians in Jerusalem will celebrate Christmas from January 18-19.

|ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads the "Washing of the Feet" ceremony on Easter Holy Week in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, April 21, 2022.

Greek Orthodox Jerusalem Patriarch warns Biden of 'extremist Jewish' threat

Patriarch Theophilos III warned of "extremist Jewish forces who have targeted the Christian quarter to alter" the history of the site.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mikveh Yisrael

The fulfillment of Ezekiel 36

Founding of Mikveh Yisrael was the beginning of Israel's agricultural redemption.

|ByBENJAMIN GLATT