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| | Palestine News Agency-Wafa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11) |
 | | JERUSALEM, November 22, 2005, (WAFA)- Palestinian, Jordanian and foreign officials celebrated Tuesday, in the Church of The Holy Sepulcher, the induction ceremony of Metropolitan Theopilos III, the new Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy City. |
 | | Theopilos III was elected by The Orthodox Holy Synod in Jerusalem on August 22, 2005, to replace Irineos I. Irinios I was dismissed by the Holy Synod and the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher, in May 2005 after the scandal of sailing Orthodox real-estates and properties to Jewish extremist groups in Israel. |
 | | Despite the approval of the three Governments, Israel did not recognize him as patriarch, and is actively supporting his predecessor (Irinios I). |
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