Τήν Δευτέραν, 13ην/26ην Αὐγούστου 2024, ὁ Μακαριώτατος Πατήρ ἡμῶν καί Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμων κ.κ. Θεόφιλος συνηντήθη μετά τῶν Ἀρχηγῶν τῶν Ἐκκλησιῶν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, μετά τῶν ὁποίων συνεζήτησε διά τήν λίαν κρίσιμον κατάστασιν πολεμικῶν συγκρούσεων εἰς τήν περιοχήν τῆς Ἁγίας Γῆς.
Οἱ Ἀρχηγοί τῶν Ἐκκλησιῶν τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ ἐξέδοσαν τό κάτωθι ἐπίσημον Ἀνακοίνωθέν:
STATEMENT ON THE URGENT NEED TO CONCLUDE THE PRESENT WAR To TOWARDS PURSUIT OF DEATH PROMOTION OF D DISTRUCTION AND PEACE
26 August, 2024
“Blessed are the poucemakers, for they will be called children of God” Matthew 5-9 As we really approach the twelfth month of the present devastating war. the Patriarchs and Hinds of the Churches in Jaruulam food compiod to unco agaiх скрием на grave come over dire dico For despite répond alls for the de-scale calation violence from mesele ty, the situation in buid Holy Land has only continued to deterio intcrostirmal Millions of refugees remais displacol, their homes inservible, destroyed, or beyond repain.
Hundreds of undure hunger, thirst, and infectious des Ang use are those languishing in captiraty on all sides who additionally face the risk of ill-treatment from their captors Still others, far from the battlefields havu suflared unsocial attacks against their villages, poteros, sadaland Throughost this all caseire negotiations have dragged interminably, with the loades of bu warring med with political comida tan beinging ind to the purruit of doath and destruction. These repeated delays, compled with her provocat ativas, have heighten tention to the point where we stand at the precipics of a fall-blown regional war la view of these alarming developercats,
We, the Patriarchs and loads of the Chur again amplore the loaders of the warming parties to hood our calls and those of the intonational community (UNSC Rasolstion 2735) to each a raped agroom adrovching in the end of the war, de icare of all captives, the raten of the displaced, the trustment of the sick and wounded, the reful of those who hangur and that, and the rehvikling of all public and phas london of these porples, in to take up without delay diplomatic cusions addressing longestanding grovan loading to concrete steps that promoto a past and king po tional commun Whilewing call in the bost astorests of all who inhabit the region, we expens a special concom for thou Christian commands ander one pastoral charge.
Those inchide those taking relege in Clark at 31. Poyfyrios Orthodox Chawsh and Holy Family Catbube Chach, as well as the congoon staff of Ali Anglican Hospital and the pations or their care. We plage to them on continued peyes and support both new and a att at the conclusions of the war, when we wi letter to read and the Christian prisoner in Gara, as well as throughout the Holy Land Fually, we appeal l of god ill around aroundworld the world to promote a veam of lide this
The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerousalem