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  1 in Faith: A Christian Bible Study - Letters from Jerusalem: The Old City
Muslim and Christian Quarters meet on the north side of Jerusalem at the Damascus Gate, which is named for the old road that led from the gate to Damascus.
There are many Christian churches within the Muslim Quarter, and this is where the Via Dolorosa (the Stations of the Cross) leads to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which is just inside the Christian Quarter, close to the western edge of the Muslim Quarter.
Visiting Christians from America, upon entering the city through the Lion’s Gate on the east side and walking west along the Via Dolorosa, would not be aware that they were in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem, unless they looked at their map.
www.christian-bible.com /Ethics/lj.old.city.htm   (2111 words)

  
  Armenian Quarter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It might appear that the Armenian quarter might have been part of the Christian Quarter since all Armenians residing in Jerusalem are Christians, yet for historical reasons the Armenian quarter has remained separate and has not suffered the same disruptions as the other quarters over the last one thousand years.
The story of the Armenian quarter, its growth and decline, its assets and community is one often overlooked in studies of Jerusalem.
At this time the Quarter became dominated by non-Armenian churches including the Church of St. Thomas in the southern area, a Greek Church in the north part of the quarter, the Church of St. James Intercisus in the extreme north near David’s Street and the Church of St. Mark bordering today’s Jewish Quarter.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armenian_Quarter   (4938 words)

  
 Ohr Somayach :: Jerusalem Quartered :: Jerusalem Quartered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Recently, an American Christian scholar made a study of the divisions of Jerusalem, and rightly calls this sector Hart el Yahud which means "The Jewish Section (of the Armenian Quarter)." Thus, here is an admission, from a non-Jew, that the 'Armenian Quarter' had a very heavy concentration of Jews.
The Armenian Quarter, on the west, and the Jewish Quarter, on the east, are divided by Chabad Street (Suq El Hussor Road).
Christianity, however, has a basic belief which to them is proof that Jesus really was 'Messiah': the fact that the Jews, because they never really accepted him, are in Galut (Exile) for 2000 years.
ohr.edu /yhiy/article.php/1014   (4031 words)

  
 Ohr Somayach :: Jerusalem Quartered :: Jerusalem Quartered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ohr Somayach :: Jerusalem Quartered :: Jerusalem Quartered
The Armenian Quarter, on the west, and the Jewish Quarter, on the east, are divided by Chabad Street (Suq El Hussor Road).
Christianity, however, has a basic belief which to them is proof that Jesus really was 'Messiah': the fact that the Jews, because they never really accepted him, are in Galut (Exile) for 2000 years.
www.ohr.org.il /special/misc/quarter.htm   (4031 words)

  
 The Peace Encyclopedia: Christians in the Middle East
The objectives of such oppression is to reduce the influence of the Christian communities, and in certain cases, to reduce it physically.
In Sudan, the stated objective of the ruling regime is to Arabise and Islamize the African Christian and Animist population of the south.
Religious persecution of Christians in the Middle East has reached extreme forms of human degradation: In Sudan, abundant reports by international human rights organizations have documented the enslavement by the northern fundamentalist forces of southern African Christians.
www.yahoodi.com /peace/christians.html   (1655 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crusades
The Christian quarter was even surrounded by a wall, and some Amalfi merchants, vassals of the Greek emperors, built hospices in Jerusalem for pilgrims, e.g.
At this period the Christian states formed an extensive and unbroken territory between the Euphrates and the Egyptian frontier, and included four almost independent principalities: the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Countship of Tripoli, the Principality of Antioch, and the Countship of Rohez (Edessa).
Persuaded that Christian defeat in the Orient was largely due to the mercantile relations which the Italian cities Venice and Genoa continued to hold with the Mohammedans, these authors sought the establishment of a commercial blockade which, within a few years, would prove the ruin of Egypt and cause it to fall under Christian control.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04543c.htm   (11650 words)

  
 Israel - Jerusalem
The Armenian Quarter is in the southwestern part of the Old City and shares the Jaffa Gate with the Christian section.
The Christian Quarter is situated in the northwest and contains the New Gate, and it shares the Jaffa Gate with the Armenian section on the southwest, and the Damascus Gate with the Muslim section on the north.
The Muslim Quarter is in the northeastern portion of the Old City, and it contains Herod's Gate, St. Stephen's Gate, and the Golden Gate, west of which is located the Mount of Olives and the garden of Gethsemane.
library.thinkquest.org /26823/jerusalem.htm   (1626 words)

  
 Jerusalem - The Old City
The Jewish Quarter of today is located on the remains of the upper city from the Herodian period (37 B.C.E-70 C.E.).
This is the route Christians believe Jesus traveled carrying the cross from his trial to the place of his crucifixion and burial.
The Old City is said to be divided into quarters because of the concentration of Jews, Christians, Muslims and Armenians in corners of the nearly square area enclosed by the Turkish walls.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vie/Jerusalem2.html   (4468 words)

  
 Old City travel guide - Wikitravel
The Christian Quarter, the result of rapid expansion under Byzantine rule, is located in the northwest corner of the city and is home to a bewildering array of churches, patriarchates and hospices of the city's many Christian denominations.
The quarter is served by the Jaffa Gate and the New Gate.
Christian and Jewish tradition holds that the tombs belonged to the 5th century BC prophets Haggai, Malachi and Zechariah.
wikitravel.org /en/Jerusalem/Old_City   (7313 words)

  
 Christians in the Middle East, Coptic, Maronite - The Peace FAQ
In Sudan, the stated objective of the ruling regime is to Arabise and Islamize the African Christian and Animist population of the south.
Religious persecution of Christians in the Middle East has reached extreme forms of human degradation: In Sudan, abundant reports by international human rights organizations have documented the enslavement by the northern fundamentalist forces of southern African Christians.
The Christians of Lebanon: about 1.5 million still reside there and more than 6 million live in the diaspora, including about a quarter of that number in the United States.
www.peacefaq.com /christians.html   (2026 words)

  
 1 in Faith: A Christian Bible Study - Letters from Jerusalem: Restoring the Old City
Entering the Jewish Quarter now from the Dung Gate leads directly to the large plaza in front of the Western Wall, with archeological museums to the left and a view of ancient remains to the right.
This section in the Muslim Quarter, know as the Burj Laqlaq Quarter, includes three parcels of land: a plot owned by the Darwish family, a second plot belonging to the Khalidi family, and a third piece of land that the Russian Orthodox Church sold to the city.
Na’iala Zaru from her apartment in the Muslim Quarter, east of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, involved a similar Jewish organization known as Ateret L’Yoshna.
www.christian-bible.com /Ethics/lj.restoring.city.htm   (2726 words)

  
 ei: On Orthodox Great Saturday, Israel closes Jerusalem's Christian Quarter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Today, the Great Saturday celebration for Christian Orthodox people ahead of Easter Sunday tomorrow, was ruined in Jerusalem by the Israeli police and the Greek Patriarch.
The Christian Quarter of the Old City was blocked off in four places by heavily armed Israeli police, which meant that Christian Orthodox Palestinians as well as members of the church who had flown in from Greece, could not enter their church for the service.
Christian Orthodox church members from all over the world have been demanding the resignation and trial of the Patriarch who they say was behind a shady deal two months ago in which Palestinian land and buildings in Jerusalem were unilaterally sold to Israelis.
electronicintifada.net /v2/article3808.shtml   (555 words)

  
 Christians in the Middle East are not all Arabs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The objectives of such oppression is to reduce the influence of the Christian communities, and in certain cases, to reduce it physically.
The largest Christian community of the Middle East is found in Egypt, which has ten to twelve million Copts.
Time magazine (April 23, 1990): "After years of relative harmony, friction between Christians and their fellow-Arabs [in the disputed territories] has intensified sharply with the rise of Muslim fundamentalism." (Time went on to cite various examples of Muslims pressuring Christian Arabs).
www.sullivan-county.com /z/christians.htm   (1582 words)

  
 Music-Making in the Heart of the Christian Quarter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A conception of music as a powerful means to cultivate the spirit, to enhance prayer, to exalt religious feelings and to make mankind's love for God manifest made of the Christian Churches in Europe some of the most important musical centers during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and, to a lesser extent, the Baroque period.
Compounding the situation is the fact that the local Christian population as decreased significantly over the last decades.
His qualifications as a musician, love for the discipline and commitment to the Christian community in particular and to the Palestinian community in general are all reflected in his work.
www.jqf-jerusalem.org /2000/jqf10/music.html   (1183 words)

  
 Christian Monitor: Newsletters
Christian Aid Mission (CAM) has reported that "Ma Van Bay, a missionary to the Hmong tribe, was arrested recently and is being held in a jail in southern Vietnam.
Pray for the Christian community, that it may rebuild itself and continue to be an effective witness of the Gospel.
Pray that these Christians would be able to reach out to the broader community and through their lives draw many others to a positive relationship with Jesus.
www.christianmonitor.org /documents.php?type=Newsletters&item_ID=60&action=display&   (2996 words)

  
 BiblePlaces Blog: Old City Population
The Jewish Quarter: The Jewish Quarter is 122 dunams in size and has 2,387 inhabitants, for a population density of around 20 persons per dunam.
The Christian Quarter: The Christian Quarter is 192 dunams in size and has 5,276 residents, for a population density of around 28 persons per dunam.
The Armenian Quarter: The Armenian Quarter is 126 dunams in size and has 2,461 residents, for a population density of around 20 persons per dunam.
blog.bibleplaces.com /2006/09/old-city-population.html   (437 words)

  
 Loris Scene
However, Grace Christian's Attermease Wilson found her three-point range in the third quarter, dropping three to spur the Lady Wildcats to a 12-4 run in the third quarter.
Grace Christian got one of those points back in the second quarter, outscoring Columbus Christian 12-11, trimming the deficit to 35-26 at halftime.
Columbus Christian jumped to a 14-7 halftime lead, but Grace Christian came back to outscore their opponents 12-3 in the second half for the victory.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10575821&BRD=1164&PAG=461&dept_id=98727&rfi=6   (695 words)

  
 June 1990
Christian leaders continue to ignore this warning of the Lord by the Prophet.
Because the Christian Quarter is actually two-thirds Moslem, a Mosque nearby serves this active Moslem population.
Christian leaders who misrepresent Israel or Jews in issues such as this hospice rental incident may be betraying latent anti-Semitic attitudes ingrained in their organization.
www.bible411.com /newsletters/nb9006.htm   (1162 words)

  
 Jerusalem, Israel: The Sacred and Silly - Pology Magazine
The Jesus kiosk, the most plentiful and a sign that I was somewhere in the Christian Quarter, specialized in olive-wood anything; entire forests must have been decimated to provide the timber for the thousands of crucifixes, nativity sets, and Christmas ornaments for sale.
In the Muslim Quarter, the Old City’s largest and most heavily populated section, residents going about their daily chores ignore the tourists, most of whom are there to stroll along the Via Dolorosa, the route the cross-bearing Jesus allegedly walked to his crucifixion.
The Christian Quarter’s main drawing card is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which is jointly administered by the Franciscans, the Greek Orthodox and the Armenian Orthodox.
pology.com /article/061014.html   (1064 words)

  
 A Pilgrim's Notebook - Chapter 2
To the north of the Armenian quarter lies the Christian Quarter where the streets are lined wall-to-wall with vendors of every kind.
Upon entering the Armenian Quarter from the Christian Quarter one is confronted with a very dramatic change.
A few of us were invited into the Cathedral itself, where the body of St. James, the brother of Jesus, is said to be buried under the high altar, and the head of St. James, the apostle, is said to be buried under the third shrine on the north side of the nave.
hopeanglican.us /pn/pn2.htm   (688 words)

  
 Stuursma keys Christian
Chicago Christian (20-7) led 44-26 after three quarters and Leo (17-11) never got closer then 11 points, at 51-40, in the final eight minutes.
Chicago Christian, which last won a sectional in 1983, was schedule to play Hope last night in the St. Francis de Sales Sectional.
That was the last lead the Lions had as Chicago Christian ran off eight straight points and led 12-10 after the first quarter.
www.starnewspapers.com /star/spsports/bbasket/032bb2.htm   (1079 words)

  
 The Christian Methodist Newsletter Quarter 3, 2003
It shows monetary giving in a previous year; the purpose of this chart is only to show the paths of financial support from the local church to the various general boards and agencies.
One area of concern is that of Bishop Joseph Sprague’s denying basic tenets of the Christian faith at a speech given at Iliff School of Theology in Denver on January 28, 2002: virgin birth, death, burial, resurrection [of Jesus Christ], and the atonement.
Charges against Bishop Sprague were dismissed [for denying essentials of the Christian faith] by UM Bishop Bruce B. Ough, president of the church's North Central Jurisdiction College of Bishops2.
www.cmpage.org /news/CMN3Q2K3.htm   (1979 words)

  
 Northwest Christian rallies in fourth quarter
Northwest Christian put points on the board just under three minutes into the game after Ryan Tully, a junior linebacker, intercepted a pass and returned it 43 yards for a touchdown.
Scottsdale Christian senior linebacker and quarterback Alex Powell intercepted a pass from Northwestern Christian and ran in for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter.
The two-point conversion attempt was good for Scottsdale Christian, which in combination with the touchdown and extra point only minutes into the second quarter left Northwest Christian trailing by 17 points.
www.azcentral.com /sports/preps/articles/0922ON-nwchristian0923.html   (393 words)

  
 Six Man Results and Stats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
MIDLAND — It was a wild non-district battle between movable objects as the Jal Panther’s vaunted passing offense ran into the Midland Christian Mustang’s rushing attack.
While Gunter did the bulk of the work, including a 19-yard TD run during a 24-point third quarter outburst to give the Mustangs a lead they never relinquished, it was Jamie Beeghley who ignited the Midland Christian rally.
Beeghley, who rushed for 107 yards on 13 carries, scored 3 touchdowns –two in the third quarter as Midland Christian (3-3) fought back from a 30-15 halftime deficit.
www.oaoa.com /football/basinstats/6man100899.htm   (448 words)

  
 Christian Fiction by Vickie Adkins
In Christian fiction, one's faith in God plays a role in the characters, plot, and ultimate outcome of the storyline.
"One quarter of Christian products purchased in 2000 - some $1 billion worth - were sold at 'general retail,' the CBA said, meaning stores like Wal-Mart, Barnes and Noble and Costco, the latter of which had at least two book buyers prowling the conference in search of titles.
The "Left Behind" series certainly got the public's attention and confirmed that interest in Christianity and the conflict of good and evil is prevalent in the majority of reader's minds.
www.myshelf.com /behindthefiction/02/christianfiction.htm   (386 words)

  
 Challengers cruise to non-league victory
Finishing what it started, the Cascade Christian girls basketball team pulled away from pesky Riddle in the fourth quarter for a 52-41 non-league win Saturday at Superior Gym in Medford.
The Challengers (11-2 overall) jumped to a 16-3 edge through the first quarter, but the Irish closed to within 38-34 heading into the fourth quarter thanks to an 18-8 spurt in the third.
Hosanna Christian, which dropped to 1-1 in Sky A, was led by 12 points from post Nikki Serat.
www.mailtribune.com /archive/2002/january/010602s6.htm   (489 words)

  
 Multi Sector Review - Land
In the absence of data, land experts interviewed in East Jerusalem estimate that less than 5 % of East Jerusalem's land has completed the settlement process and is registered in the "Tabo".
276 Dunums in the Islamic quarters of the Old City, Sheikh Jarrah and Ras alamood/Silwan are examples of land lost to such activity.
Christian Monasteries land, sometimes referred to as Christian Waqf.
www.multi-sector.org /review/land/index.html   (7105 words)

  
 THE CHRISTIAN QUARTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
When the Church of Holy Sepulchre was built by Constantine, Christians began to visit and some even moved here to be close to the church.
They got their name because the founded a large hospital to care for Christian pilgrims.
Christians have lived in this area ever since, though a few Muslims live here as well and there is at least one major mosque in the quarter – the Mosque of Omar.
www.rickriordan.com /christian_quarter.htm   (112 words)

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