Church Structure & Jurisdictions
Patriarchate of Jerusalem
One of the four ancient patriarchates, guardian of the Holy Places. The Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre (Greek monks) has maintained custody of the holiest Christian sites, among them the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Church of the Nativity and the Tomb of the Theotokos, for centuries. The smallest patriarchate by population but immense in spiritual significance.
Sources
- Timothy Ware, The Orthodox Church archive.org, to borrow
- Acts 15 (Council of Jerusalem) the Greek New Testament
Connections
- Apostolic Age (30-100 AD)
- Autocephaly & Church Organization
- Pilgrimage (Proskynema)
- St. Cyril of Jerusalem
- St. Euthymius the Great
- St. James, the Brother of the Lord
- St. Philoumenos of Jacob's Well (1913-1979)
- St. Sophronius of Jerusalem
- The Autonomous Church of Sinai
- The Pentarchy
- The Synod of Jerusalem (1672)