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THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL RECEIVES THE HEADS OF JERUSALEM CHURCHES

On Wednesday, the 31st of March/13th of April 2016, the President of Israel, Mr Reuven Rivlin, met with the Heads of Jerusalem Churches as representatives of Christians within the State of Israel.

At the meeting, that took place at the Presidential Palace, an interesting discussion took place between the Heads of Churches and President Rivlin on incidents of fanatic violence committed by extreme religious and political individuals and groups, both locally and internationally, an on ways of combatting them.

In the context of the meeting, His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusaalem, addressed President Rivlin in English, see link: https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/2016/04/13/22460

From the Secretariat-General