Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation
HCEF is committed to the continued presence and well-being of Arab Christians in the Holy Land and to developing the bonds of solidarity between them and Christians elsewhere.
HCEF lives its mission by witnessing the teaching of our Savior Jesus Christ.
We educate people around the world about the presence of Arab Christians in the Holy Land and remind them of their moral obligation to the Mother Church.
We build community between Christians throughout the world and Arab Christians of the Holy Land through pilgrimages, publications, and communication.
We develop bonds of solidarity through church-to-church, family-to-family, and person-to-person partnership programs in order to bring Christians together in community for future cooperation.
We promote peace, justice, and reconciliation in the Holy Land by removing the causes of human suffering and replacing despair with hope, fear with security, and humiliation with dignity.
We undertake specific projects designed to advance better living conditions for Arab Christians in the Holy Land. Projects focus on creating employment, advancing education, building and renovating houses, and developing the healthy growth of children. Source
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The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a statement mourning Maisa Daoud and her daughter Mary, who were killed in an air strike on their Gaza home on the morning of October 3, 2026.
Learning to love through the Holy Scriptures, the inauguration of the new Academic Year in Jerusalem
This Monday, October 5, the academic community of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF) and the Studium Theologicum Hierosolymitanum (STH) officially began the 2026-2027 academic year with a solemn Mass in the church of Saint Saviour in Jerusalem.
Holy Land: Christian village faces fourth threatened olive harvest
As the olive harvest begins, the same fears are returning to homes across Taybeh, with this season looking little different from the previous three, when many families faced repeated difficulties reaching their land safely and harvesting their olives.
Growing Threats to Christian Presence in Palestine Through Firsthand Palestinian Testimonies in Geneva
Ambassador Amira Hanania, member of the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine and its representative in Europe, participated in the first day of the event “Christian Witnesses from the Holy Land: What are the Stakes at the Heart of the Ordeal?”, organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Geneva Assembly of Churches.
Pope Leo prays for Gaza victims: ‘How long, O Lord?’
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Holy Land: Five injured standing for justice – call for support and volunteers
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Holy Land: ‘Living space for Christians is getting smaller and smaller’
Christians in the Holy Land face a serious threat to their continued presence, warned Bernard Poggi, rector of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem’s seminary in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem. Speaking at a Day of Prayer for Christians in the Middle East organized by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Germany in Augsburg on 13 September, Poggi noted that despite strong hope and vibrant communities, escalating hardships are forcing families to leave.
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III Visits St Gerasimos and Oversees Restoration Efforts
Jerusalem, September 30, 2026. His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, all Palestine, and Jordan, paid an inspection visit to the Monastery of Saint Gerasimos (Deir Hajla). During the visit, His Beatitude reviewed daily operations and the progress of ongoing restoration and repair work on the premises. He met with the staff and workers, as well as holding a meeting with a representative of the monastics.
Caritas calls for action as Middle East humanitarian crisis deepens
Caritas Australia has joined Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Middle East and North Africa in calling for urgent international action to protect civilians, secure humanitarian access and prevent further suffering across the Middle East.
Levantine National Council President Waddah Khoury: ‘We are not guests in Syria’
DARAMSUQ — Before he became president of the Levantine National Council (LNC), Waddah Khoury says he was simply a son of Khabab, a Christian town in southern Syria that he describes as a “fortress of the Ghassanids.” It was there, he says, that his understanding of belonging was formed. “Belonging is not a word we use when we talk about the homeland,” Khoury said.