Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus

The Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, also known as the Holy Name of Jesus Concathedral, is the co-cathedral, or technical cathedra, of the Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem. It is located in the Christian quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, about halfway between the New Gate and the Jaffa Gate, within the Old City walls.

History

In 1847 the Ottoman Empire allowed to the hierarchy of the Catholic Church to build a new cathedral in Palestine. The Co-Cathedral, completed in 1872, is part of the building complex of the Latin Patriarchate, effectively the bishop's church. For historical reasons, however, the Catholic Church has the Church of the Holy Sepulchre officially being the cathedral.

Description

In neo-Gothic style built the Church of the floor plan of a Greek cross with a length of 28 meters and a width of 24 meters. The three-aisled nave of the church has a width of 8.5 meters, the side aisles, a width of 4.5 meters; these are overbuilt with galleries. The church is of four stained glass windows decorated, mark the ends of the cross. Three of them have the same shape: the window above the high altar represents the risen Christ represents as victor over death, the windows on the transverse axis of the crucifixion left, right to worship the newborn Savior through the Holy Three kings . The rear window over the entrance is a large rose window and represents the symbols of the four Evangelists represent, in the center of the Holy Writing . The church has five altars, three more in the nave and the two aisles and two smaller ones on the ends of the transverse axis.

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  high altar window: Jesus as the Risen

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  Left transverse axis: The Crucifixion

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  Rights transverse axis: Adoration of the Holy 3 Kings

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  The Portal of the Church Patriarchate Church

Meaning

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head of the Roman Catholics in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian autonomous areas. Most Roman Catholics in this region (except Cyprus) are Palestinian Christians. Current patriarch of Jordanians is a Palestine, Fouad Twal and Patriarch Emeritus Michel Sabbah was the first Palestinian in this office.

See: List of Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem

Literature

• http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:FEXOtbxn52YC&ei=C41qTuLOD46WswbFt_2wBA&ct=book-thumbnail&pg=PA95&id=vkcpAAAAYAAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false

External links

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Concathedral_(Jerusalem)?uselang=it
• http://www.lpj.org/newsite2006/administration/co-cathedral-book.pdf
• http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2009/may/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20090512_concatt-latini_it.html

Coordinates: 31°46′40″N 35°13′38″E / 31.77778°N 35.22722°E