Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem Appeals to U.S. for Humanitarian Medical Corridor to Evacuate Gaza Patientstranslated

July 15, 2026 · 1 min read

The Christian presence in the Holy Places, the medical evacuation of patients from Gaza, and the property rights of the Churches were central to the meeting held yesterday, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, between His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. Reporting by ope.gr

Following contacts held a month ago in Washington and the White House with President Donald Trump, the American diplomat’s visit to the seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem serves to affirm interest in the Christian presence, which at a critical global

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Miloš Marković

Ελπίζω να βρουν τρόπο να περάσουν αυτά τα παιδιά με καρκίνο στο Augusta Victoria, αυτό το νοσοκομείο το ξέρουμε όλοι εδώ πόσο βοηθάει. Ο Πατριάρχης Θεόφιλος κάνει καλά που το ζητάει ξανά, η Εκκλησία πάντα έτσι λειτουργεί – να ανακουφίζει τον πόνο όπου μπορεί.

Олег Комаров

Надеюсь, американцы действительно помогут с этим коридором, дети с раком не должны ждать. Augusta Victoria у нас многие знают, там и оборудование хорошее, и врачи стараются. Патриарх правильно делает, что напоминает об этом снова.

Xenia Wilson

I hope that humanitarian corridor for the cancer patients, especially the children, actually gets opened this time. Augusta Victoria has been helping people from our parish network for years with its treatments. Good that Patriarch Theophilos keeps pressing the point, as he said – the Church’s job is to ease human suffering wherever it can.

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