Editing Palestinian Christians (section)

==Demographics and denominations==

===1922 census===
[[File:Christian sects in Palestine from the 1922 Palestine census.png|thumb|left|Christian sects in Palestine from the [[1922 census of Palestine]]]]
In the [[1922 census of Palestine]] there were approximately 73,000 Christian Palestinians: 46% Orthodox, 40% Catholic (20% Roman Catholic, and 20% [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]]).

The census recorded over 200 localities with a Christian population.<ref name="Census1922">{{cite book |editor=J. B. Barron |title=Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |publisher=Government of Palestine |year=1923 |at=Tables XII–XVI}}</ref> The totals by denomination for all of Mandatory Palestine were: [[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem|Greek Orthodox]] 33,369, [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox (Jacobite)]] 813, [[Latin Church|Latin Catholic]] 14,245, [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic (Melkite)]] 11,191, [[Syriac Catholic Church|Syriac Catholic]] 323, [[Armenian Catholic Church|Armenian Catholic]] 271, [[Maronite]] 2,382, [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Orthodox (Gregorian)]] 2,939, [[Coptic Church]] 297, [[Abyssinian Church]] 85, Church of England 4,553, Presbyterian Church 361, Protestants 826, Lutheran Church 437, [[Templars Community]] 724, others 208.<ref name="Census1922"/>

The census also listed 10,707 Palestinian Christians living abroad, making up the largest portion of the Palestinians living abroad at the time: 32 in [[Australia]], 17 in [[Africa]], 1 in [[Austria]], 1 in [[Belgium]], 1 in [[Bulgaria]], 2 in [[Canada]], 242 in [[Egypt]], 34 in [[France]], 59 in [[Germany]], 1 in [[Greece]], 7 in [[Italy]], 4 in [[Morocco]], 1 in [[Iraq|Mesopotamia]], 1 in [[Paraguay]], 5 in [[Iran|Persia]], 4 in [[Russia]], 1 in [[South Africa]], 11 in [[East Africa]], 7 in [[Sudan]], 6 in [[Sweden]], 1 in [[Switzerland]], 2 in [[Spain]], 122 in [[Syria]], 95 in [[Emirate of Transjordan|Transjordan]], 8,517 in [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]]n republics, 17 in [[Turkey]], 6 in the [[United Kingdom]], 1,352 in the [[United States]], and 158 whose locations were unknown.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 |title=Palestine Census (1922)}}</ref>

=== Denominations ===

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Around 50% of Palestinian Christians belong to the [[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem]]{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}, one of the 15 churches of [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]. There are also [[Catholic Church in Israel|Catholics]] ([[Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Melkites]], [[Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem|Latins]], [[Maronites in Israel|Maronites]]), [[Oriental Orthodox]] ([[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenians]], [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Jacobites]], [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Copts]]), [[Protestant]]s ([[Anglicans]], [[Lutheran]]s, others), and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].

=== Church Leadership ===

[[Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem|Patriarch Theophilos III]] is the leader of the [[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem]] since 2005. He replaced [[Patriarch Irenaios|Irenaios]] (in office from 2001), who was deposed by the church synod after a term surrounded by controversy and scandal over a sale of property owned by the Greek Orthodox Church to Jewish investors.<ref name=state /> The Israel government initially refused to recognize Theophilos's appointment<ref name=Rapaport>{{cite web|title=Government's precondition for Orthodox patriarch's appointment: 'Sell church property only to Israelis'|author=Meron Rapoport|date=11 February 2007|access-date=2007-12-15|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/824128.html|archive-date=18 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218061215/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/824128.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but finally granted full recognition in December 2007, despite a legal challenge by his predecessor Irenaios.<ref name="fr.jpost.com">{{cite news|title=Jerusalem affairs: Religiously political|date=20 December 2007|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847396248&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917044043/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847396248&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull|archive-date=17 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Archbishop [[Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia]] {{when|date=September 2018}}<!-- is --> the highest ranking Palestinian clergyman in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

The [[Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem]] is the leader of the Latin Catholics in [[Jerusalem]], [[Palestine]], [[Jordan]], Israel and [[Cyprus]]. The office has been held by [[Pierbattista Pizzaballa]] since his appointment by [[Pope Francis]] on 6 November 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.lpj.org/posts/patriarch-pizzaballa-takes-possession-of-see-of-latin-patriarchate-of-jerusalem.html | access-date = 2 March 2021 | date = 6 November 2020 | title = Patriarch Pizzaballa takes possession of See of Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem | website = Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem | archive-date = 27 October 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221027125255/https://www.lpj.org/posts/patriarch-pizzaballa-takes-possession-of-see-of-latin-patriarchate-of-jerusalem.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[George Bacouni]], of the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]], is [[Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka|Archbishop of Akka]], with jurisdiction over [[Haifa]], Acre and the [[Galilee]], and replaced [[Elias Chacour]], a Palestinian refugee, in 2014. [[Moussa El-Hage]], of the [[Maronite Church]], is since 2012 simultaneously Archbishop of the [[Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land]] and [[Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine|Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine]].

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==== International Christian Organisations in Palestine ====

Various international Christian organisations provide services in Palestine to Palestinians of all religious backgrounds.

* [[YMCA]] in Gaza and Jerusalem 
* The [[Anglican Church]] runs the [[Al-Ahli Arab Hospital]] 
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==== Christian development assistance ====
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A study showed $416 million annual spending of Christian institutions on Palestinian society, in sectors such as health care, education, social services, vocational training and development assistance interventions in all Palestinian governorates.<ref name="AM1221">{{cite web |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/12/gazas-few-christians-lift-economy |title=Gaza's few Christians lift economy |newspaper=Al-Monitor |date=December 21, 2021 |author=Hadeel Al Gherbawi |accessdate=November 6, 2023 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322061943/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/12/gazas-few-christians-lift-economy |url-status=live }}</ref>