Primate of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Jerusalem
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
Archbishopric
Eastern Orthodox
Incumbent: Patriarch Theophilos III
Style
His Most Godly Beatitude
Information
First holder
James the Just
Established
33 (founded);[1] 531 (granted title of patriarch)
Cathedral
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Website
jerusalem-patriarchate.info
Part of a series on
Jerusalem
History
Timeline
City of David
Second Temple Period
Aelia Capitolina
Middle Ages
Early Muslim period
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Mutasarrifate
British Mandate
Israeli takeover of West Jerusalem
Jordanian annexation of East Jerusalem
Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem
Sieges
Before Common Era
701 BCE
597 BCE
587 BCE
63 BCE
37 BCE
Common Era
70
614
637
1099
1187
1244
1834
1917
1948
Places
East
West
Old City
Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa
Dome of the Rock
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Western Wall
Synagogues
Mosques
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Hebrew University
Knesset
Biblical Zoo
Tomb of Lazarus
Al-Quds University
People
Demographic history
Mayor
Chief Rabbi
Grand Mufti
Greek Orthodox Patriarch
Crusader kings
Political status
Religious significance
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Jerusalem Law
Jerusalem Day
Quds Day
Judaization
Islamization
US recognition
Other topics
Names
Emblem
Municipality
Greater Jerusalem
City Line
Transport
Songs
Historical maps
v
t
e
The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem or Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, officially patriarch of Jerusalem (Greek: Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων; Arabic: بطريرك القدس; Hebrew: פטריארך ירושלים), is the head bishop of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since 2005, the Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem has been Theophilos III. The patriarch is styled "Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Holy Land, Syria, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee, and Holy Zion." The patriarch is the head of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, and the religious leader of about 130,000 Eastern Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land,[2] most of them Palestinian Christians in Israel and Palestine.
The patriarchate traces its line of succession to the first Christian bishops of Jerusalem, the first being James the Just in the 1st century AD. Jerusalem was granted autocephaly in 451 by the Council of Chalcedon and in 531 became one of the initial five patriarchates.
On the importance of Jerusalem in Christianity, the Catholic Encyclopedia reads:
During the first Christian centuries the church at this place (referring to the cenacle) was the centre of Christianity in Jerusalem, "Holy and glorious Sion, mother of all churches". Certainly no spot in Christendom can be more venerable than the place of the Last Supper, which became the first Christian church.[3]
^"Αρχική".
^"Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem". CNEWA. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
The GreekOrthodox Patriarchate ofJerusalem, also known as the GreekOrthodox Church ofJerusalem, is an autocephalous church within the wider communion...
Patriarch Theophilos III ofJerusalem (Greek: Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων Θεόφιλος Γ'; Arabic: غبطة بطريرك المدينة المقدسة اورشليم وسائر أعمال فلسطين كيريوس...
the 140th patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church ofJerusalem, from his election in 2001, when he succeeded Patriarch Diodoros, until his dismissal in...
Notaras ofJerusalem (Greek: Δοσίθεος Β΄ Ἱεροσολύμων; Arachova 31 May 1641 – Constantinople 8 February 1707) was the GreekOrthodoxPatriarchofJerusalem between...
GreekOrthodoxPatriarchofJerusalem in 1771–74. He was born in Aleppo, Syria. He served as metropolitan bishop of Ptolemais (of the GreekOrthodox Church...
Diodorus Greek: Διόδωρος; born Damianos G. Karivalis Greek: Δαμιανός Γ. Καρίβαλης (14 August 1923 – 20 December 2000) was the PatriarchofJerusalem in the...
The GreekOrthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (Greek: Ελληνορθόδοξο Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as...
headed by the Archbishop of Mount Sinai and Raithu, who is traditionally consecrated by the GreekOrthodoxPatriarchofJerusalem and also serves as abbot...
1980) was the PatriarchofJerusalemof the GreekOrthodox Church ofJerusalem from 1957 to 1980. Vasileios was born in 1892 in the village of Cesniero (Τσεσνειριω...
in Greece Greek Colony, JerusalemGreece–Israel relations GreekOrthodoxPatriarchofJerusalemGreek music in Israel "Greek Catholic « See The Holy Land"...
Sophronius (Greek: Σωφρόνιος; Arabic: صفرونيوس; c. 560 – March 11, 638), called Sophronius the Sophist, was the PatriarchofJerusalem from 634 until his...
aiming for the Arabization of the GreekOrthodox Patriarchate ofJerusalem, which has jurisdiction over the Orthodox communities of Palestine, Israel and Jordan...
(Egypt), Greek OrthodoxPatriarchofJerusalem – and with the Patriarchate of Moscow. Ecumenical Patriarchate GreekOrthodox Archdiocese of America Albanian...
The ceremony of the Holy Fire is led by the GreekOrthodoxPatriarchofJerusalem and is usually attended by priests and believers of different Christian...
as PatriarchofJerusalem on 3 September 1191 and abdicated as Patriarchof Constantinople on 10 September 1191). He was previously GreekOrthodox Patriarch...
(died 1770) was a Greek writer. He was born in Athens. He was GreekOrthodoxPatriarchofJerusalem (1766 – April 26, 1770). "Jerusalem Patriarchate website...
of Jerusalem (Coptic Orthodox Church) Anglican Diocese ofJerusalem (Anglican Communion) List of Armenian patriarchsofJerusalemGreekOrthodox Patriarch...
(regular) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. Each constituent church is self-governing; its highest-ranking bishop called the primate (a patriarch, a metropolitan...
(two of which are part of the Catholic Church) and held respectively by four persons: the Coptic OrthodoxPatriarchof Alexandria, the GreekOrthodox Patriarch...
Archbishop of Jordan and later GreekOrthodoxPatriarchofJerusalem. Born in Samos, Greece in 1878, Themelis was a graduate of the School of the Holy Cross...