Middle Eastern Christianity

E723118

Christianity in the Middle East religious tradition

Middle Eastern Christianity refers to the diverse traditions and communities of Christian faith that originated and continue to exist in the Middle East, including various Eastern Catholic, Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Egyptian Christianity	1
Middle East (Orthodox communities)	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christianity in the Middle East ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ
associatedEvent	Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Ephesus NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Armenian ⓘ Coptic ⓘ Georgian ⓘ Greek ⓘ Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedMonasticCenter	Egyptian desert ⓘ Mount Athos influence in the region ⓘ Mount Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedRite	Alexandrian Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ Armenian Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ East Syriac Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ West Syriac Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicTrend	declining proportion of regional population in 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ
diasporaPresence	strong global diaspora communities ⓘ
hasDenominationalFamily	Church of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMinorityStatusInMostCountries	true ⓘ
hasMonasticTradition	yes ⓘ
historicalCenter	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Aramaic ⓘ Classical Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyMajorityIn	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesChurch	Armenian Apostolic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Armenian Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Assyrian Church of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ Chaldean Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ Coptic Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin Church in the Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ Maronite Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Melkite Greek Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesTradition	Church of the East tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Catholic Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyHolyCity	Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazareth NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo	early Christian missions from Jerusalem and Antioch ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Armenian ⓘ Coptic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCountry	Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
originPeriod	1st century ⓘ
region	Middle East ⓘ
religionFamily	Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesHolySitesWith	Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Chalcedonian (in Eastern Orthodox and some Eastern Catholic churches) ⓘ Dyophysite (in Church of the East tradition) ⓘ Miaphysite (in Oriental Orthodox churches) ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Youssef Absi → associatedWith → Middle Eastern Christianity ⓘ

post-Byzantine art → geographicDistribution → Middle Eastern Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle East (Orthodox communities)

Shenoutean corpus → religiousTradition → Middle Eastern Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Christianity