Archbishop Theodosios -worldly known as Nazar Hanna- of Sebastia of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem was taken to the hospital after being attacked inside the church with, an unknown for the moment, gas.
The Orthodox Palestinian Archbishop of Sebastia has repeatedly made statements against the Israeli policy in Palestine, pillorying the repression that both Christian and Muslim Palestinians who live in Jerusalem endure.
The attack on the Orthodox hierarch comes just days after he attended the first world conference against Israeli apartheid that took place in Constantinople, where Archbishop Theodosios had openly opposed Israel.
Archbishop Theodosios met with the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople last November, where this photo was taken.
