Armenian Quarter
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The Armenian Quarter is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Located in the southwestern corner of the Old City, it can be accessed through the Zion Gate and Jaffa Gate. It occ
The entrance to St. James monastery
An Armenian priest in Jerusalem c. 1900 pictured smoking a hookah with the Dormition Abbey in the background
Armenian scouts during Easter parade
A street in the quarter
Christian Quarter
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The Christian Quarter is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter and the Armenian Quarter. The Christian Quarter is s
Armenian Quarter
…residents. Though institutionally separate from the Greek Orthodox and Catholic Christians, the Armenians consider their quarter to be part of the Christian Quarter. The three Christian patriarchates of Jerusalem and the government of Armenia have publicly expressed their opposition to any political division of the…
Christian Quarter: Arched entrance to the Muristan, northern access to Suq Aftimos
Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter: Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity.
A mass of people in the Christian Quarter during the funeral of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Kamil al-Husayni, 1921