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| Total population | |
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| Jerusalem,Bethlehem | |
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| Levantine Arabic,Neo-Aramaic | |
| Religion | |
| Assyrian Church of the East,Syriac Orthodox Church,Chaldean Catholic Church | |
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| Assyrians |
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Assyrians in Palestine (Arabic:آشُورِيُّون في دولة فلسطين) orAssyrian Palestinians areAssyrians living inPalestine, whose number is several thousands.
The Assyrian presence in modern Palestine mainly originated from those who fled theAssyrian genocide fromTur Abdin in 1915.[citation needed] Many found refuge in what was known as the "Syriac Quarter" inBethlehem and the since destroyed "Syriac Quarter" in theOld City of Jerusalem, squeezed between theArmenian Quarter and theJewish Quarter at the Old City's southern end.[1]
After theIsrael-Arab War of 1967, hundreds of Syriacs who had fled the Old City of Jerusalem during war returned to find their homes taken over by Israeli authorities and were scheduled to be handed over to Jewish settlers or else demolished to make way for housing built for Jews.[2] It is estimated that 65% of Syriacs who inhabited theHoly Land at the beginning of 1967 left the region (mostly Jerusalem and Bethlehem) in the following years.[1]
The Assyrians in the Holy Land today number about 5,000, mostly living in the cities ofJerusalem andBethlehem, including a small remnant of the Syriac Quarter of the Old City that contains the Syriac social club and St. Mark's Monastery.[1][3]
Assyrians are predominantlyChristians of the East and West Syriac Rite. The majority of Assyrians in the Holy Land (Israel and Palestine) are adherents of the Syriac Orthodox Church, while a smaller community of Catholic Assyrians also exists.
TheSyriac Orthodox Church is the largest Assyrian church, covered by the Archbishopric of Israel, Palestine and Jordan under the spiritual guidance and direction of Archbishop Gabriel Dahho.
The most notable monastery is theMonastery of Saint Mark in Jerusalem. The Syriac Orthodox Church also has sharing rights to theChurch of the Holy Sepulchre and minor rights to theTomb of the Virgin Mary where they possess an altar on the western side of the holy site.
TheSyriac Catholic Church has aPatriarchal Exarchate formed in 1892 and is based out of theChurch of Saint Thomas in Jerusalem.
Since 1903, theChaldean Catholic Church has been represented in Jerusalem by a non-resident patriarchal vicar. In 1997, the Chaldean Catholic Church established theTerritory Dependent on the Patriarch which was previously governed as the Patriarchal Vicariate of Jerusalem within the Patriarch's own archeparchy.
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