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The entrance to the Couvent Armenian St. Jacques, the Cathedral of Saint James, is decorated with painted tiles comprising murals. The structure is a 12th century Armenian church and the seat of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem, in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City.
The narrow Armenian Patriarchate Street serves as the only artery for motorized traffic and main passage for pedestrians through the Armenian Quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem.
The private residences in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter are accessed through a vast courtyard which is entered through the main Armenian Patriarchate gate.
The private residences and community facilities in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter are accessed through a vast courtyard which is entered through the main Armenian Patriarchate gate.
Historian and author GEORGE HINTLIAN is portrayed in the Calouste Gulbenkian Library, opened in 1932, and home to over 100,000 volumes, considered one of the most extensive Armenian Libraries in the Middle East.
Vespers, a sunset evening prayer service, is held in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
Vespers, a sunset evening prayer service, is held in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
A woman hand paints traditional Armenian ceramics in the Garo Sandrouni pottery shop in Jerusalem's Old City Armenian Quarter.
Historian and author GEORGE HINTLIAN is portrayed in the narrow Armenian Patriarchate Street which serves as the only artery for motorized traffic and the main passage for pedestrians through the Armenian Quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem.
A visitor observes the tomb of Bishop Abraham, Patriarch of Jerusalem, during the reign of Salah Al Din, 1192 AD, in the courtyard of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City.
The narrow Armenian Patriarchate Street serves as the only artery for motorized traffic and main passage for pedestrians through the Armenian Quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem.
The private residences in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter are accessed through a vast courtyard which is entered through the main Armenian Patriarchate gate.
Historian and author GEORGE HINTLIAN is portrayed in the Calouste Gulbenkian Library, opened in 1932, and home to over 100,000 volumes, considered one of the most extensive Armenian Libraries in the Middle East.
Historian and author GEORGE HINTLIAN is portrayed in the Calouste Gulbenkian Library, opened in 1932, and home to over 100,000 volumes, considered one of the most extensive Armenian Libraries in the Middle East.
Vespers, a sunset evening prayer service, is held in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
Vespers, a sunset evening prayer service, is held in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
Vespers, a sunset evening prayer service, is held in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
A hallway (right) in the Couvent Armenian St. Jacques, the Cathedral of Saint James, leads to the Armenian Quarter residences. The door on the left is the entrance to the cathedral courtyard. The structure is a 12th century Armenian church and the seat of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem, in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City.
The theological Seminary of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, on the narrow Armenian Patriarchate Street opposite the main entrance to the Couvent Armenian St. Jacques, prepares Armenian youths from all over the world for priesthood.
St. James Street leads pedestrians from the Armenian Quarter to the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City.
The private residences in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter are accessed through a vast courtyard which is entered through the main Armenian Patriarchate gate. The dome of the Cathedral of Saint James is visible in the background.
Historian and author GEORGE HINTLIAN is portrayed in the Calouste Gulbenkian Library, opened in 1932, and home to over 100,000 volumes, considered one of the most extensive Armenian Libraries in the Middle East.
A priesthood seminarian strikes nakos or simandron, wooden boards used instead of bells when the Ottoman rulers forbade the ringing of church bells, to call the community to prayer in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
Vespers, a sunset evening prayer service, is held in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
Vespers, a sunset evening prayer service, is held in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
A banner on the Armenian Patriarchate Street serves as a reminder of the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Ottomans in World War I against the Christians of Anatolia. The Armenians claim 1.5 million victims. Turkey denies responsibility.
The narrow Armenian Patriarchate Street serves as the only artery for motorized traffic and main passage for pedestrians through the Armenian Quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem.
Jewish ultra Orthodox men walk past the entrance to Couvent Armenian St. Jacques, the Cathedral of Saint James, a 12th century Armenian church and the seat of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem, in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City.
The private residences and community facilities in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter are accessed through a vast courtyard which is entered through the main Armenian Patriarchate gate.
Historian and author GEORGE HINTLIAN is portrayed in the Calouste Gulbenkian Library, opened in 1932, and home to over 100,000 volumes, considered one of the most extensive Armenian Libraries in the Middle East.
A priesthood seminarian strikes nakos or simandron, wooden boards used instead of bells when the Ottoman rulers forbade the ringing of church bells, to call the community to prayer in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
Vespers, a sunset evening prayer service, is held in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
Vespers, a sunset evening prayer service, is held in the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter.
A man walks in through the gate of the Couvent Armenian St. Jacques, the Cathedral of Saint James, a 12th century Armenian church and the seat of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem, in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City.