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THE GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM AND ITS CONGREGATION: DISSENT OVER REAL ESTATE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2005

Itamar Katz  and
Ruth Kark
Itamar Katz
Affiliation:
Itamar Katz is a Ph.D. student at Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 3EN, United Kingdom; e-mail: [email protected].
Ruth Kark
Affiliation:
Ruth Kark is Professor in the Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel; e-mail: [email protected].
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Dissent between the clerical establishment and lay followers is not an infrequent phenomenon and has often focused on church appointments, leadership, and political issues. In the Middle East, such tensions are found between churches usually led by European clergy and their predominantly Arab congregations. Here we combine historical and geographical research methods to investigate a neglected source of contention—that of property held by the church. We reconstruct, analyze, and present detailed case studies of long-term disputes over real estate between the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem (its Greek patriarch and clergy), and its lay Arab community, known as Rum Orthodox, Roman Christians, or Greek Orthodox, and which number about 71,000 members.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , November 2005 , pp. 509 - 534
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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