Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilus: “If the purpose of this atrocity is to uproot us from our Holy Land and force us to leave it, then the result will be the opposite” - The Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemned the terrorist act and the Islamist attack on the Orthodox Church of St. George in Jordantranslated

On October 23, 2026, a statement by the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos, was published on the official website of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in connection with the terrorist attack on the Church of St. George in Al-Karak in Jordan.

The attack on the church was carried out by three terrorists who opened fire on people gathered near the church.