Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza is one of the oldest churches in the world. The church compound was hit by ...

The Chicago-based human rights organization Justice For All has declared the destruction of Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza to be a war crime in a new legal filing submitted to the International ...

JERUSALEM — Across the Holy Land on Sunday, Christian churches dedicated services to the victims of an Israeli airstrike that killed more than a dozen people sheltering at a Greek Orthodox church in ...

The Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City is Gaza’s oldest active church, built in the year 1150. On October 20, St. Porphyrius Church was struck by Israeli artillery, killing 18 people and injuring ...

Christians in Gaza celebrated Christmas in the Church of Saint Porphyrius this year, one of the oldest and biggest churches in Gaza. The church’s archeological features show on its walls, which were ...

Services across the Holy Land memorialized the Palestinian civilians killed Thursday when an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City, where some 400 people were sheltering.

Gaza’s Saint Porphyrius church has narrowly escaped destruction for a second time after being struck by an Israeli missile that did not detonate. Believed to be the third-oldest church in the world, ...

The Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza, believed to be the third oldest church in the world, was hit by missiles on Thursday night as hundreds of Palestinians sought shelter there.

Saint Porphyrius, Archbishop of Gaza, was born about the year 346 at Thessalonica. His parents were people of substance, and this allowed Saint Porphyrius to receive a fine education. Having the ...