West Bank*







Gaza Strip*




The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (the DOP), signed in Washington on 13 September 1993, provided for a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip* and the West Bank*.







Saint Alexianus
4th Century


Saint Ananias of Damascus
Memorial 25 January
martyred

There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias."

He answered, "Here I am, Lord."

The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there praying, and (in a vision) he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay (his) hands on him, that he may regain his sight."

But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones in Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call upon your name."

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before Gentiles, kings, and Israelites, and I will show him what he will have to suffer for my name."

So Ananias went and entered the house; laying his hands on him, he said, "Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight.

- Acts 9:10-18a




Saint George
Memorial 23 April (Roman Catholic)
3 November (Russian Orthodox)
fourth Sunday in June (Malta)
third Sunday in July (Gozo)
23 November (Geogia)
Patronage against plague, of crusaders, of England, Portugal, Germany, Aragon, Genoa and Venice
Died tortured and beheaded c.304 Martyr

One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.





Saint Nilus
Memorial 19 September
Martyred at the copper mines near Phunon in Palestine burned to death







Samuel the Patriarch
Memorial 20 August



Saint Paul
Memorial 17 August
Martyred beheaded c.270





Saint Thecla
Memorial 19 August
Died Martyred torn apart by wild beasts in 304







Saint Viventius
Memorial 13 January
Died 400









Zosimas of Palestine
Memorial 4 April
Died 560








Saint Zosimus the Wonder Worker
Memorial 30 November
Died 6th century

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