The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem is located in the Old City of Jerusalem, in the Armenian Quarter which takes up the one-sixth of the old city. The Patriarch and the Brotherhood of St. James, together with the Greek and Roman Catholic patriarchs, are the sole guardians of the Dominical Sites, the holiest shrines of Christendom. The Armenian presence in Jerusalem dates back to early Christian times, and remains a vital part of the Christian community there.
The Patriarchate's ecclesiastical jurisdiction includes roughly 200,000 to 500,000 Orthodox Christians across the Holy Land in Palestine, Jordan and Israel. Th...
The largest Christian population in the Middle East are Copts, with 10-15 million (15% of the population) members in Egypt. We say that the small remaining Christia...
The Augusta Victoria Hospital is located in East Jerusalem at the Mount of Olives, and has been providing healthcare services since 1950 as part of the Lutheran Wor...
