Jerusalem and the Middle East
Church Association

Diocese of Jerusalem

Bishop: The Rt. Revd. Suheil Dawani

Jerusalem, St. George’s Cathedral,
the Mother Church of the Diocese of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Christ Church
Haifa, Church of St John the Evangelist & St. Luke’s
Herzlia, St Luke
Kfar Yassif, St Saviour
Jaffa, St Peter, with Lod, St George
Nazareth, Christ Church
Ramleh, Emmanuel
Raineh, The Holy Family
Shefa Amr, St Paul

West Bank
Nablus, St Philip & Good Shepherd
Zababdeh, St Matthew, and congregation at Rafidia
Ramallah, St Andrew,
with Bir Zeit, St Peter

Jordan
Amman, The Church of the Redeemer
Amman, St Paul, Ashrafiyeh
Aqaba, Missions to Seafarers
Irbid and Husn, St John the Baptist
Marka - St Luke & Theodor Schneller Chapel
Salt, The Good Shepherd & St. Luke’s Chapel for the Deaf
Zerka, St. Saviour

Lebanon
Beirut, All Saints'

Syria
Damascus, All Saints' Community Church & Sudanese Refugees
Aleppo, Anglican congregation

There are many educational ministries such as school and kindergartens, and major health care ministries in these 5 countries. The main hospitals are Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza and St. Luke’s Hospital in Nablus.

There is special work among the deaf in Jerusalem, Salt, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon, and among the physically and mentally handicapped in Jerusalem, Jordan and Lebanon.

The Jerusalem Bishopric was founded in 1841, to establish an Anglican presence in the city. It became an Archbishopric in 1957, although no Province was created at that time.

In 1976, the Archbishopric came to an end and a Province was constituted, to be known as the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. At that time the Bishop in Jerusalem was also given oversight of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

The Cathedral Church of St. George the Martyr in Jerusalem is the Cathedral of the Bishopric. It also has a special relation with the whole Anglican Communion through the ministry to pilgrims.

St. Georges College is a study and resource centre for the Anglican Communion and courses of study are organised for lay and ordained people.

Jerusalem is clearly a special place for Christians on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Moreover the Church in this Diocese has deep roots in the Arabic-speaking population and therefore has to witness among very great problems with displaced persons, refugees and casualties of the strife in the Middle East. Inevitably, local resources are insufficient to maintain the work, and much more needs to be done.

Support from the Jerusalem and the East Mission Trust is directed to the support of the Cathedral and its ministry to the Diocese and pilgrims and of educational work in Jerusalem, Amman, Nazareth, Shefa Amr, Haifa and medical work in Gaza and Nablus.

A PRAYER FROM ST GEORGE'S, JERUSALEM

Gracious Father
Your love knows no limits.
Fill our hearts with your compassion,
Open our eyes to your presence in the world,
Enlarge our minds to understand your will.

Speak through our words
And direct our feet in the paths of peace,
So that Christ may be revealed
Through our lives
And the world may believe.

News from the Diocese can be found in our twice-yearly magazine, Bible Lands

The Diocesan Web site can be found at
http://www.j-diocese.org