Christianity is the third largest religion in Israel, after Judaism and Islam. At the end of 2022, Christians made up 1.9% of the Israeli population, numbering approximately 185,000. 75.8% of the Christians in Israel are Arab Christians. Christians make up 6.9% of the Arab-Israelis.
Yardenit, Jordan River baptismal site
St. Elijah Cathedral of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, in Haifa.
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, in Jerusalem.
St. George's Cathedral of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, in Jerusalem.
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church, or Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Its chief pastor is Patriarch Youssef Absi, headquartered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition in Damascus, Syria. The Melkites, who are Byzantine Rite Catholics, trace their history to the early Christians of Antioch, formerly part of Syria and now in Turkey, of the 1st century AD, where Christianity was introduced by Saint Peter.
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition Damascus, Syria
Pope Pius XI and Patriarch Demetrios I Qadi in 1923
Stained glass window at the Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral in Roslindale, Massachusetts depicting Christ enthroned in regalia of a Byzantine emperor
Church of Saint Andrew, Acre.
