Israeli christians

Israel Police denies claims officers raided Haifa Christmas event after footage spreads online

The Israel Police’s statement comes after outlets, including the Qatar state-run Al Jazeera, shared footage of the arrests, claiming the police had “stormed” the Christmas event.

A LIT UP Christmas tree, Ramadan Lantern, and Hanukkah Menorah are displayed at the German Colony area in Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 4, 2025.
 A broken gate at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, June 29, 2025.

Protesters break into Greek Orthodox Church in Nazareth, remove outer gate - report

 CONDUCTOR ASHER FISH: ‘It is a spoken opera with an unusual wealth of musical colors.’

French opera ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’ comes to Israel

 Christian legislators sign resolution condemning Iran on March 5, 2024

Faith-based diplomacy: Are Christians Israel’s diplomatic Iron Dome? - comment


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.

 The service of the Royal Hours of Christmas at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Friday, January 5, 2024.

Netanyahu's Christmas message: Unite with Israel in battle against barbarism

"Christmas is supposed to be a time of goodwill to all men and peace on Earth," the prime minister said in a video he posted on X.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023

Israel's Christian population is growing, says Central Bureau of Statistics

Three-quarters (75.3%) of Israeli Christians are Arab Christians. They make up 6.9% of the total Arab population.

A Roman Catholic church cross is seen as the sun sets before Christians take part in a candlelight march and prayed for peace in Gaza, Jordan, and in the Arab region, in Al-Fuheis city, near Amman, August 11, 2014. Participants passed by three churches, the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Latin C

Churches in Israel and the West Bank are canceling Christmas celebrations due to the war

The parade is a rollicking annual march that begins at Mary’s Well in Nazareth — next to a bustling Christmas market — and continues down Paul VI Street.

 A Palestinian police officer walks by the gate at the Palestinian side of the crossing as Christians head to Bethlehem via Israel to attend Christmas ceremonies in the northern Gaza Strip, December 22, 2022.

Israel solves Evangelical visa crisis, Christians can work in the country

ICEJ's mandate is to "encourage Christians worldwide to stand with Israel and the Jewish people in solidarity and friendship."

 The 2022 ICEJ Jerusalem March takes place; October 13th, 2022.

Honoring MLK: Black Christians march in Jerusalem

African American delegations aim to strengthen ties with Israel.

 Bishop Glenn Plummer addresses hundreds of African American Christians at a march on Martin Luther King Street on July 26, 2023.

Christians celebrate Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, striving to maintain presence

"That aspect is problematic for me, that they consider Christians as guests. We are not guests. We are part of the identity of the city."

 Christian students visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on a trip with Passages

Five things to know about Israel’s Christian population

No. 1: 90% of Arab Christians in Israel are Greek Catholic or Greek Orthodox

 Christian soldiers celebrate the New Year in Nof HaGalil

Holy Fire ceremony at Church of Holy Sepulchre draws crowds in Jerusalem

With Jerusalem under lockdown last year's Holy Fire ceremony was held in the near-empty church that is revered by Christians as the site of Jesus's crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

A view of a mass in memory of the late Pope John Paul II in front of the sepulchre in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old city.

Israel’s Christian population grows to 177,000 citizens

Over three-quarters (77.5%) of Christians living in Israel are Arabs, the CBS said, representing 7.2% of all Israeli-Arab citizens.

A man plays with his kid in a street before the beginning of an annual "Christmas Run" in Mi'ilya, a Christian Arab village in northern Israel December 21, 2018

43,000 types of Christianity...

... and what they mean for Israel and the Jewish community.

The Church of Mary Magdalene in the Old City