An Unorthodox Deal?

EMILIO MORENATTI / AP

LOSING FAITH: Arab Christian protestors with a picture of Greek Orthodox Patriarch Eirinaios I, who is accused of leasing parts of Old Jerusalem to Israeli investors

The throne room of Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Patriarch in the Old City's Christian Quarter is at the heart of a maze of tunnels, sandstone stairways, narrow passages and courtyards bursting with almond blossom. Each night at 10 p.m., in a practice that dates back centuries, the priests of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher lock themselves into their ancient warren, shutting out the iniquitous world beyond their walls. Lately, though, they've concluded the biggest threat lies within — Patriarch Eirinaios I, who's at the center of a labyrinthine religious and legal scandal involving the alleged lease of Church properties in an...

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