JERUSALEM (AP) — Leaders of the two largest Christian denominations in Jerusalem on Monday said the Church of the Holy Sepulchre will remain closed indefinitely to protest an Israeli attempt to tax their properties in the holy city, shuttering one of Jerusalem's most venerable and popular holy sites. Both Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic representatives said they were blindsided by the Jerusalem municipality's recent decision to begin taxing them and accused the mayor, Nir Barkat, of disrupting a longstanding and fragile status quo. Anna Koulouris, an official in the chief secretariat's office of the Greek Patriarchate, said that all major Christian denominations were united in their opposition to the Israeli move.
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