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It’s time for this year’s War on Christmas episode! Keeping with the new format, it starts with a memo from the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem and opens a can of historical worms. The feedback form is at atheistnomads.com/contact Leave us voice message at atheistnomads.com/speakpipe Support the show at atheistnomads.com/donate Subscribe at atheistnomads.com/subscribe Join our Discord server at atheistnomads.com/discord Christmas in Jerusalem Story of the current crisis Christianity in the Levant Early church Jewish Roman Wars Chalcedonian Schism: Patriarch of Jerusalem created in 451 Malkite Orthodox Syriac Orthodox Conquests Persians conquer Palestine in 614 Orthodox Christians retain Greek language and culture Battle of Yarmuk 636 - Syria and Palestine removed from Byzantine control Syrian Malkite’s adopt Arab language and culture Great Schism and Crusades 1054 Great Schism 1099 Crusaders conquer Jerusalem - Exile Greek Patriarch, appoint L