Jewish-Zionist Desecration of Christian Holy Places in 1948

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Desecration of Christian Holy Places in 1948

During the Palestine war of 1948-49, Zionist forces desecrated, profaned, destroyed and looted Christian Holy Places. The following is a list of churches, convents, and institutions damaged by Zionists:

The Hospice "Notre Dame de France," a large part of which was destroyed as a result of the Jewish occupation.

The Convent of Reparatrice Sisters was set on fire and almost completely destroyed. It was occupied on May 15, 1948. Israelis fortified and used it as a main base to attack the Holy City.

The tower and church of the Monastery of the Benedictine Fathers were damaged as a result of having been occupied.

The Seminary of St. Anne was hit by two mortar bombs: the first on May 17, 1948, the second on May 19, 1948, destroying walls and wounding the refugees sheltered therein.

The church of St. Constantine and Helena, which is contiguous to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, was damaged on May 17, 1948, by a bomb, the fragments of which damaged also the dome of the Holy Sepulchre.

The American Orthodox Patriarchate was hit by about one hundred mortar bombs thrown by Zionists from the Monastery of the Benedictine Fathers on Mount Sion, and the bombs damaged St. Jacob's Convent, the Archangels Convent and their two churches, their two Elementary and Seminary schools and their library. Eight persons among the refugees were killed and 120 wounded.

The entrance of the church of St. Mark belonging to the Syrian Orthodox, received on May 17, 1948 a mortar shell killing the monk Peter Saymy, secretary to the Bishop and wounding two other persons.

The Convent of St. George of the Greek Orthodox which is contiguous to the Greek Catholic Cathedral received on May 18, 1948 a mortar shell breaking the tiles and damaging the windows of the cathedral. It was occupied by the Zionists four days earlier.

The Convent of St. John of the Greek Orthodox, contiguous to the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, received on its roof a mortar shell on May 23, 1948, and St. Abraham convent nearby was hit as well as St. Spiridon Convent. The Convent of St. John was occupied on May 18, 1948.

The Convent of the Archangel belonging to the Coptic Patriarchate, situated over the grotto of the Holy Cross, forming part of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, received on May 23, 1948 a mortar shell damaging its roof.

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate was hit by mortar shells on May 23 and 24, 1948, wounding many refugees sheltered therein.

The big Franciscan convent (St. Saviour) situated near the Holy Sepulchre received mortar shells on May 19, 23, 24, and 28, 1948, causing damage to the orphanage, general secretariat, and hitting nearby houses, killing and wounding children sheltered therein.

The Latin Patriarchate received on May 23, 26, 27, and 28, 1948, mortar shells causing damage to the Patriarchal Palace, especially to the Cathedral.

The Greek Catholic Patriarchate was hit by mortar bombs on May 16 and 29, 1948, damaging the building and wounding some persons.