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In 2009, there were an estimated 50,000 Christians in the Palestinian territories, mostly in the West Bank, with about 3,000 in the Gaza Strip.[13] In 2022, about 1,100 Christians lived in the Gaza Strip - down from over 1300 in 2014.[14] About 80% of the Christian Palestinians live in an urban environment. In the West Bank, they are concentrated mostly in Jerusalem and its vicinity: Bethlehem, Beit Jala, Beit Sahour, Ramallah, Bir Zayt, Jifna, Ein Arik, Taybeh.[15]

Of the total Christian population of 185,000 in Israel, about 80% are designated as Arabs, many of whom self-identify as Palestinian.[16][13][17]

The majority (56%) of Palestinian Christians live in the Palestinian diaspora.[18]


View of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Around 50% of Palestinian Christians belong to the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem[citation needed], one of the 15 churches of Eastern Orthodoxy. This community has also been known as the Arab Orthodox Christians. There are also Maronites, Melkites, Jacobites, Chaldeans, Latin Catholics, Syriac Catholics, Orthodox Copts, Coptic Catholics, Armenian Orthodox, Armenian Catholics, Quakers (Society of Friends), Methodists, Presbyterians, Anglicans (Episcopal), Lutherans, Evangelicals, Pentecostals, Nazarene, Assemblies of God, Baptists and other Protestants; in addition to small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others.

Patriarch Theophilos III is the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem since 2005. He replaced Irenaios (in office from 2001), who was deposed by the church synod after a term surrounded by controversy and scandal over a sale of property owned by the Greek Orthodox Church to Jewish investors.[19] The Israel government initially refused to recognize Theophilos's appointment[20] but finally granted full recognition in December 2007, despite a legal challenge by his predecessor Irenaios.[21] Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia[when?] the highest ranking Palestinian clergyman in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the leader of the Latin Catholics in Jerusalem, Palestine, Jordan, Israel and Cyprus. The office has been held by Pierbattista Pizzaballa since his appointment by Pope Francis on 6 November 2020.[22] George Bacouni, of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, is Archbishop of Akka, with jurisdiction over Haifa, Acre and the Galilee, and replaced Elias Chacour, a Palestinian refugee, in 2014. Moussa El-Hage, of the Maronite Church, is since 2012 simultaneously Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine.

The Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem is Suheil Dawani,[23] who replaced Bishop Riah Abou Al Assal. Bishop Dr. Munib Younan is the president of the Lutheran World Federation and the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL).The first Christian communities in Roman Judea originated from the followers of Jesus of Nazareth, who was put to death and crucified by order of Prefect Pontius Pilate in 30-33; they were Aramaic speaking Messianic Jews and, later, Latin and Greek-speaking Romans and Greeks, who were in part descendants from previous settlers of the regions, such as Syro-Phoenicians, Arameans, Greeks, Persians, and Arabs such as Nabataeans.[26][verification needed]

Contrary to other groups of oriental Christians such as the largely Assyrian Nestorians, the vast majority of Palestinian Christians went under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Roman emperors after the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD (which would be part of the Eastern Orthodox Church after the Great Schism), and were known by other Syrian Christians as Melkites (followers of the king).[27] The Melkites were heavily Hellenised in the following centuries, abandoning their distinct Western Aramaic languages in favour of Greek. By the 7th century, Jerusalem and Byzantine Palestine became the epicentre of Greek culture in the Orient.[27]

Soon after the Muslim conquests, the Melkites began abandoning Greek for Arabic, a process which made them the most Arabicised Christians in the Levant.[27]

Most Palestinian Christians nowadays see themselves as culturally and linguistically Arab Christians with ancestors dating back to the first followers of Christ. They claim descent from Romans, Ghassanid Arabs, Byzantines, and Crusaders.[28] The region consisting mainly of modern Israel and the State of Palestine is considered to be the Holy Land by Christians. Major Christian holy cities such as Bethlehem, Nazareth and Jerusalem are located in Israel and the State of Palestine.

That Christian Arabs in Palestine see themselves as Arab nationalistically reflects also the fact that, as of the beginning of the twentieth century, they shared many of the same customs as their Muslim neighbors. In some respects, this was a consequence of Christians adopting what were essentially Islamic practices, many of which were derived of sharî'ah. In others, it was more the case that the customs shared by both Muslims and Christians derived from neither faith, but rather were a result of a process of syncretization, whereby what had once been pagan practices were later redefined as Christian and subsequently adopted by Muslims. This was especially evident in the fact that Palestine's Muslims and Christians shared many of the same feast days, in honor of the same saints, even if they referred to them by different names. "Shrines dedicated to St. George, for instance, were transformed into shrines honoring Khidr-Ilyas, a conflation of the Prophet Elijah and the mythical sprite Khidr". Added to this, many Muslims viewed local Christian churches as saints' shrines. Thus, for instance, a "Muslim women having difficulties conceiving, for instance, might travel to Bethlehem to pray for a child before the Virgin Mary".[29] It was even not uncommon for a Muslim to have his child baptized in a Christian church, in the name of Khaḍr.[30]

Is that your believe

Apc1:
Is that your believe

the information above is from wikipedia, you can dispute them with FACTS

They will still slave to their masters

Apc1:
Is that your believe

It is very true.

Most Jews are secularist, or practice the Jewish faith.

The book Twelve Jews for Messiah goes into some detail about the difficulties of being Jewish and Christian.

No christian cares about this

Truthday:
No christian cares about this

hamas too na christian dey play

any christain not happy in palestine should take refugee visa in the christian western nations

e no be like muslim nations that dont take muslim refugees

They consider Christianity as idolatry and ought to be banned soon

Why were Hamas killing Israelis shouting Allah Akbar? When they were on the killing rampage, did they ask the victims their religion before killing them?

This emotional blackmail doesn't work, ma fren

Akwamkpuruamu:
Why were Hamas killing Israelis shouting Allah Akbar? When they were on the killing rampage, did they ask the victims their religion before killing them?

This emotional blackmail doesn't work, ma fren

Anyone except Jew is maltreated in Israel. Make your research about this. Stop ing Blindly.

Truthday:


Anyone except Jew is maltreated in Israel. Make your research about this. Stop ing Blindly.

When Hamas was killing on Saturday did they spare non Jews? People partying that they killed, we're they all Jews? Why Hamas terrorists blindly

nairalanda1:


It is very true.

Most Jews are secularist, or practice the Jewish faith.

The book Twelve Jews for Messiah goes into some detail about the difficulties of being Jewish and Christian.

there are thousands of messiah jews who believe in Jesus

The bible record 144,000 of them that made it during the return of christ, this is just the reminant filtered enough out of the remaining christian jews

Revelation 7:4

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

stop allowing ignorant muslims deceive you

Truthday:


the information above is from wikipedia, you can dispute them with FACTS

so what is your business, are you a Christian

NzogbuNzogbu:
there are thousands of messiah jews who believe in Jesus

The bible record 144,000 of them that made it during the return of christ, this is just the reminant filtered enough out of the remaining christian jews

Revelation 7:4

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

stop allowing ignorant muslims deceive you

Yes there are thousands of Jews who are Christian, but cumulatively they make up 1 to 2 percent of the population

nairalanda1:



Yes there are thousands of Jews who are Christian, but cumulatively they make up 1 to 2 percent of the population

your op said the only christians in israel are palestinas to start with

Then again messianic jews are more than 10% of that population but not just vocal about it

They can literally be practising the usual jewish tradition doesnt mean christianity isnt their religion too

Cos jewish traditions are the same thing as culture, its just to accept Yeshua your heart that makes you messianic jew

NzogbuNzogbu:
your op said the only christians in israel are palestinas to start with

Then again messianic jews are more than 10% of that population but not just vocal about it

They can literally be practising the usual jewish tradition doesnt mean christianity isnt their religion too

Cos jewish traditions are the same thing as culture, its just to accept Yeshua your heart that makes you messianic jew

Offically. 1.9 % of Israelis are.christians

The above figure is from Israel's Bureau of statistics.

I've always known Israel as a high priority for evangelical mission work ever since I was in secondary school ( was going to and have always ended up in churches that are into missions).

I also read a book which gave testimonies of Jews who have converted, IE gotten born again. All of them stated that it is kind of hard to identify as a Christian in Israel. Years of aminosity.