Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus

The Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus is co-cathedral of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It is located in the Christian Quarter of the Old approximately in the middle between the New Gate and Jaffa Gate to the city wall.

History

1847 allowed the Ottoman Empire to the Catholic Church to rebuild their hierarchy in Palestine.

The 1872 finished concathedral is part of the building complex of the Latin Patriarchate, effectively the bishop's church. For historical reasons, however, the Holy Sepulcher has officially Kathedralrang.

Description

In the neo-gothic style built, the church has the shape of a Greek cross with a length of 28 meters and a width of 24 meters. The central nave of the three-aisled church has a width of 8.5 meters, the aisles a width of 4.5 meters; these are overbuilt with galleries. The church is decorated by four stained glass windows that mark the ends of the cross. Three of them have the same shape: the window above the high altar is the Risen One is victorious over death, the windows on the transverse axis of the crucifixion left, right worship of the newborn Saviour by the Magi. The rear window above the entrance is a large rose window and shows the symbols of the four evangelists is, in the center of the Scriptures. The church has five altars, three more in the nave and the two aisles and two smaller ones at the ends of the transverse axis.

Left transverse axis: The Crucifixion

Rights transverse axis: Adoration of the Holy 3 Kings

The church portal of the Patriarchate Church

Importance

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head of the Roman Catholics in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and the autonomous Palestinian territories. Most Roman Catholics in this region (except Cyprus) are Palestinian Christians. Current Patriarch Twal is the Jordanians. Emeritus Patriarch Michel Sabbah, the first Palestinian in this office.

See: List of Patriarchs of Jerusalem

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