Monday, October 08, 2012

Romanian Orthodox church in Jerusalem attacked

Police said unknown assailants on Monday threw stones, bottles and garbage at the door of a church in Jerusalem, in the third attack against Christian sites in Israel in recent weeks.

Police spokesperson Luba Samri told AFP nobody was injured in the attack on the Romanian Orthodox church, St George's, but that the door was damaged. Police were investigating, she added.

The church is located near a Jewish ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.
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6 comments:

The Anti-Gnostic said...

Orthodox incoherence cont'd. What is a Romanian Church doing in the Jerusalem patriarchate?

John (Ad Orientem) said...

Violating church canons which is why the JP broke communion with Romanians a while back.

Ikonophile said...

With all Romanians, or just those in Jersusalem. Seems a bit odd to break communion with all over the actions of a few... unless I am missing something, which I admit is entirely possible.

John C.

John (Ad Orientem) said...

They have broken communion with the Romanian Synod and concelebration is therefore not permitted. But the JP specifically stated they were not excluding the lay faithful from the Holy Mysteries because of the obstinately bad behavior of their bishops. I should also note that the JP made multiple interventions and appeals to the Romanians to stop encroaching on their canonical territory without so much as a "by your leave." They were repeatedly blown off and finally decided they need to act if they were to uphold their dignity as an autocephalous church.

Most Orthodox churches have representation parishes in Jerusalem and that is perfectly normal. But they almost always ask first. Permission is normally given as a matter of routine. The Russians also have a few monastic communities there, again with the full blessing of the JP. It all comes down to showing a modicum of respect and courtesy.

The Anti-Gnostic said...

A few years back, +Phillip broke communion with one or more JP parishes in the US on the grounds that the Antiochians have traditionally been the US home for Palestinian immigrants. A messy issue all around.

Anonymous said...

That church has been the representation church of the Romanian Patriarchate to the holy places since 1935 or so, when the Romanians built it. So, you are wrong to speculate this church was involved in the recent scuffle between RP vs JP. The church involved in the schism is not in Jerusalem, but somewhere by the river Jordan.
And there is yet another, quite long-standing Romanian church in Jericho. There might be one in Jaffa too, although I'm not sure.