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The cathedral is dedicated to two of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus: James, son of Zebedee (James the Greater) and James the brother of Jesus (James the Just). [1] 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.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, [note 1] also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, is an autocephalous church within the wider communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Established in the mid-fifth century as one of the oldest patriarchates in Christendom , [ 1 ] it is headquartered in the Church of the Holy ...
The Liturgy of St. James is commonly celebrated on the Feast of Saint James (July 25) and the first Sunday after Christmas, and then almost exclusively celebrated on a daily basis in Jerusalem, in the Eastern Orthodox Church. [citation needed] The Liturgy of Saint James is long, taking some hours to complete in full. The recitation of the ...
The Cathedral of St. James; The Church of the Archangels, another important Armenian church in Jerusalem; The Church of St. Toros, which is home to the precious illuminated Armenian manuscript collection, the second largest in the world (over 4,000). Other buildings of the Patriarchate located within the compound include:
Cathedral of Saint James, Jerusalem. Cathedral of St. James – Armenian Apostolic; Church of the Holy Archangels – Armenian Apostolic; Ethiopian Church – Ethiopian Orthodox "Deir es-Sultan" Coptic Monastery – Coptic Orthodox, contested by the Ethiopians; Saint Mark Monastery Of Jerusalem – Syriac Orthodox; St. Toros Church – Armenian ...
Eusebius says he was appointed bishop by Saint Peter, James (the Greater), and John (II, i). [20] According to Eusebius, the Jerusalem church escaped to Pella during the siege of Jerusalem by the future Emperor Titus in 70 AD and afterwards returned, having a further series of Jewish bishops until the Bar Kokhba revolt in 130 AD.
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men on Wednesday blocked a major Jerusalem intersection, snarling traffic and crippling public transportation across the city, in a demonstration against an attempt to ...
Cathedral of St. Louis the King in Haifa (Maronite Rite) Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Jerusalem's Old City ; Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin in Jerusalem (Melkite Greek Rite) Church of St. Thomas in Jerusalem (Syriac Catholic Rite) Church of Our Lady of the Spasm in Jerusalem (Armenian Catholic Rite)