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| | ORTHODOX CHURCH OF JERUSALEM WEALTHY AND WISE FACT FINDER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, properly called the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, is regarded by Orthodox Christians as the mother church of all of Christendom, because it was in Jerusalem that the Church was established on the day of Pentecost with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus Christ. |
 | | It gradually grew in prestige, and in a decree issued from the seventh session of the Council_of_Chalcedon in 451 it was recognized as possessing full Patriarchal status, ranked fifth after the Churches of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, and Antioch. |
 | | On August_22, 2005, the Holy Synod of the Church of Jerusalem unanimously elected Theofilos III, the former Archbishop of Tabor, as the 141st Patriarch of Jerusalem. |
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