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Children at a Greek Orthodox Christian Mass last Christmas at the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City - The disgusting Jews bombed these Christians to pieces and then took videos of themselves spitting on their dead bodies and urinating on their holy icons whilst laughing!

By Kathryn Shihadah: Today, instead of reporting on the genocide, here are some photos and videos of Christmas and the Christian community in Gaza. Tomorrow we will return to our news round-up.

Christians in Gaza

Gaza has a large Christian population. They include both Catholic and Orthodox Christians (the Orthodox church observes Christmas on January 7).

Gaza’s Catholic church is the Holy Family Parish; the the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius – one of the oldest churches in the world – serves the Orthodox community. Both are located in Gaza City.

One week into the war, Israel targeted the Greek Orthodox church, killing the people who had sought refuge there.

In November, an 84-year-old music teacher who was sheltering in the Catholic church bled to death after being shot. In late December, an Israeli sniper shot to death two women at the Catholic church. 

Orthodox worshipers attended a Christmas Mass at St. Porphyrius

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas with divine service at the

Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, Gaza last Christmas.

Father Silas leads an Orthodox service in worship at Advent Mass in

Saint Porphyrios Church in Gaza’s Old City.

(Photo courtesy of Saint Porphyiros Church.)

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa,

lights a candle in the Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza

during his visit there on Dec. 22, 2024. (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

Group photo in front of the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza during

the visit of the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista

Pizzaballa, on Dec. 22, 2024. (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

Religious pluralism in Gaza

There have been Christians in Gaza since the earliest times. Later, when Islam rose and became prominent, peace prevailed. Christian and Muslim communities have been neighbors in Palestine for more than 1,300 years. 

They share in the experience of oppression by Israel. When St. Porphyrius was attacked, its neighbor, Katib al-Wilaya Mosque, also suffered damage.

Ayman Abu Shaban, Architectural Engineer at Municipality of Gaza, said,

One of the symbols of tolerance in Gaza is [a] mosque called  Katib al-Wilaya Mosque next to the Church of Saint Porphyrius. It’s beautiful because the minaret and the church towers are adjacent to each other.

Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius and the Welayat Mosque

are next-door neighbors. (rahimabaid, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Hundreds of Christians and Muslims were sheltering in Saint Porphyrius

church in October 2023, when an Israeli missile brought down part of

the complex, killing 16 people. The bodies of those killed were laid out

for a mass funeral in the church courtyard.

Images of the damage to Saint Porphyrios Church, October 2023

Palestinians search the destroyed annex of the Church of St. Porphyrius

in Gaza City after an airstrike on Oct. 20, 2023

A young boy walks in front of St. Porphyrius, a Greek Orthodox Church

in Gaza that was damaged during an Israeli bombardment.

(Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

A view of the damaged historical Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius

Church, where civilians took shelter, after Israeli airstrike in Gaza City,

Gaza on October 20, 2023.

Images from other festivals in Gaza’s Christian community

Child deaconesses walk past the rubble of a collapsed building in a

procession during the Palm Sunday service outside the Greek Orthodox

Church of St Porphyrius in Gaza City on April 28, 2024.

Gaza’s Orthodox Christians gather at the Church of Saint Porphyrius,

which has been targeted by Israeli airstrikes before, for Easter worship.

Palestinian Christians in Gaza celebrate Christmas – in more

peaceful times (2021) (Wikimedia Commons)

 

 

 

 

 

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