Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.

Holy Sepulchre Church Closed in Protest in Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Israel. 26th February, 2018. Worshipers pray outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In a rare move, despite a continual dispute between the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches that run it, religious leaders indefinitely closed the Holy Sepulchre Church to protest a recent bill passed by Israeli parliament that would allow expropriation of lands sold by churches to private real estate buyers a well as plans to end the municipal tax exemption for church owned properties in Jerusalem.