Posts Tagged ‘Church of the Multiplication’

Orthodox rabbis in Israel fundraise for vandalised church

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Orthodox rabbis and the speaker of Israel’s parliament have raised thousands of dollars to help repair a famous Christian Church torched by Jewish vandals. The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes near the Sea of Galilee was set alight on June 18 and anti-Christian graffiti was daubed on its walls. A crowd-funding Read more

Arson at Sea of Galilee loaves and fishes church

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

A church at the site where Jesus is believed to have fed 5000 people with five loaves and two fish has been badly damaged by fire. Fires were lit on June 17 in the monastery section of the Church of the Multiplication, in Tabgha on the Sea of Galilee. Israeli police said it was arson. Read more