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The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem is the home of the Brotherhood of St. James, a monastic order of the Armenian Apostolic Church with about 60 members worldwide. Within the compound of the Patriarchate, also lie the private residences of Armenian families.
Vrtanes I, the third Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (333–341), sent a letter with specific questions to Macarius, the Orthodox Bishop of Jerusalem (312-335/36), taken to Jerusalem by a delegation of Armenian priests on the occasion of the Encaenia, in dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in September 335.
It is located near the Church of the Holy Archangels. It is the principal church of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, also known as the Armenian Patriarchate of Saint James. In 1162, it was described as complete by John of Würzburg which Nurith Kenaan-Kedar uses to argue that it was built during the reign of Queen Melisende. [2]
Its members worry that the church is not equipped to protect their dwindling population and embattled convent from obsolescence and takeover. A tent in a parking lot. Walk through the narrow passageways of the Armenian Quarter, past a perpetually manned guard post and into an open lot with a towering pile of shrapnel crested with the Armenian flag.
Harootiun Vehabedian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, 1900 (Library of Congress). In 638, the Armenian Apostolic Church began appointing its own bishop in Jerusalem, generally known as the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. The office has continued, with some interruptions, to this day.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (1 C, 21 P) Pages in category "Armenian Apostolic churches in Jerusalem" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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The Armenian Quarter is located in the southwestern corner of Jerusalem's Old City. [5] The quarter can be accessed through the Zion Gate and Jaffa Gate. [6] According to a 2007 study published by the International Peace and Cooperation Center, the quarter occupies an area of 0.126 km 2 (126 dunam), which is 14% of the Old City's total. [7]