The following Christmas Message was released 21 December 2023 by the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, in which they highlight the similarities between the current strife in the Holy Land and the events occurring more than two thousand years ago when Jesus was born:
Christmas Message of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem 2023
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace". (Isaiah 9:6)
