Middle Eastern Christianity

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Middle Eastern Christianity refers to the diverse traditions and communities of Christian faith that originated and continue to exist in the Middle East, including various Eastern Catholic, Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianity in the Middle East ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
associatedEvent Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Council of Nicaea ⓘ
associatedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Armenian ⓘ
Coptic ⓘ
Georgian ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
associatedMonasticCenter Egyptian desert ⓘ
Mount Athos influence in the region ⓘ
Mount Sinai ⓘ
associatedRite Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
Armenian Rite ⓘ
Byzantine Rite ⓘ
East Syriac Rite ⓘ
linked to: East Syriac rite

West Syriac Rite ⓘ
demographicTrend declining proportion of regional population in 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ
diasporaPresence strong global diaspora communities ⓘ
hasDenominationalFamily Church of the East ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
hasMinorityStatusInMostCountries true ⓘ
hasMonasticTradition yes ⓘ
historicalCenter Alexandria ⓘ
Antioch ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
historicalLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
historicallyMajorityIn Byzantine Empire ⓘ
includesChurch Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Catholic Church ⓘ
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
Church of the East ⓘ
Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch ⓘ
Latin Church in the Middle East ⓘ
Maronite Church ⓘ
Melkite Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
includesTradition Church of the East tradition ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
keyHolyCity Bethlehem ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Nazareth ⓘ
linkedTo early Christian missions from Jerusalem and Antioch ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Armenian ⓘ
Coptic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
majorCountry Cyprus ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
originPeriod 1st century ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
religionFamily Christianity ⓘ
sharesHolySitesWith Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
theologicalTradition Chalcedonian (in Eastern Orthodox and some Eastern Catholic churches) ⓘ
Dyophysite (in Church of the East tradition) ⓘ
Miaphysite (in Oriental Orthodox churches) ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Youssef Absi → associatedWith → Middle Eastern Christianity ⓘ
Shenoutean corpus → religiousTradition → Egyptian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Middle Eastern Christianity
post-Byzantine art → geographicDistribution → Middle East (Orthodox communities) ⓘ
linked to: Middle Eastern Christianity
psaltai → associatedWith → Middle Eastern Christian Churches ⓘ
linked to: Middle Eastern Christianity
Latin Church in the Holy Land → isPartOf → Catholic Church in the Middle East ⓘ
linked to: Middle Eastern Christianity