— / NEW: Jordan’s King Abdullah II has granted the Serbian Orthodox Church a plo…

—☦️ 🇯🇴/🇷🇸 NEW: Jordan’s King Abdullah II has granted the Serbian Orthodox Church a plot of land near Al-Maghtas, the Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” on the east bank of the Jordan River, revered as the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.

➡️ The gesture was conveyed to Serbian Patriarch Porfirije during his recent visit to the site, where it was welcomed as a historic move for the Church’s presence in the Holy Land.

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