The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem is under possibly the greatest existential threat of its 16-century history.

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem has released an urgent communique: "The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem is under possibly the greatest existential threat of its 16-century history. This existential threat fully extends to all the Christian communities of Jerusalem.

The Armenian Patriarchate has recently cancelled a contract tainted with false representation, undue influence, and unlawful benefits. Instead of providing a lawful response to the cancellation, the developers attempting to build on the Cow’s Garden have completely

disregarded the legal posture of the Patriarchate toward this issue, and instead have elected for provocation, aggression, and other harassing, incendiary tactics including destruction of property, the hiring of heavily armed provocateurs, and other instigation.

In recent days, the vast destruction and removal of asphalt on the grounds of the Armenian Quarter has been done without the presentation of permits from the municipality by either the developer or the police. Despite this fact, the police have chosen in the last few days to

demand that all members of the Armenian Community vacate the premises. We plead with the entirety of the Christian communities of Jerusalem to stand with the Armenian Patriarchate in these unprecedented times as this is another clear step taken toward

the endangerment of the Christian presence in Jerusalem and the Holy Land,”

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