Eastern Orthodoxy in Jordan
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Eastern Orthodoxy in Jordan refers to adherents, communities and institutions of
Within ecclesiastical order of the Eastern Orthodox Church, communities of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Jordan belong mainly to jurisdiction of the
In 2020, Christians made up 2.1% of the country's population;[2] of these, almost half (0.87%) were Orthodox Christian.
The Jordanian Eastern Orthodox Christians are believed to number 120,000, most of whom are Arabic speaking or by some accounts more than 300,000.
Converts from Islam to Christianity risk the loss of civil rights.[1] Christmas and the Gregorian calendar New Year are recognized holidays in Jordan.[1]
In 2022, the Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox and Syrian Orthodox churches are all recognised by the Jordanian government.[4]
The two predominantly Orthodox towns are Fuheis and Al Husn.
See also
- Religion in Jordan
- Christianity in Jordan
- Ghassanids
- Freedom of religion in Jordan
- Christianity in the Middle East
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Syria
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Lebanon
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Iraq
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Saudi Arabia
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Egypt
References
- ^ a b c "US State Dept 2009 report on Jordan". Archived from the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ The ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-28
- ^ a b c "An Insight into the Greek-Orthodox Community of Jordan / OrthoChristian.Com". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ US State Dept 2022 report
Sources
- Corbon, Jean (1998). "The Churches of the Middle East: Their Origins and Identity, from their Roots in the Past to their Openness to the Present". Christian Communities in the Arab Middle East: The Challenge of the Future. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 92–110. ISBN 978-0-19-829388-0.
- Dick, Iganatios (2004). Melkites: Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholics of the Patriarchates of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem. Roslindale, MA: Sophia Press. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ISBN 978-0-19-921288-0.
- Hohmann, Gregory (2000). "Loyalty to the Emperor and Change of Rite: What Induced the Melkite Church to Exchange the Syrian for the Byzantine Tradition". The Harp. 13: 49–56. ISBN 9781463233013.
- Kennedy, Hugh N. (2000). "The Early Development of Church Architecture in Syria and Jordan, c. 300–c. 750". The Holy Land, Holy Lands, and Christian History. Woodbridge: Suffolk: Boydell Press. pp. 1–33. ISBN 9780952973355.
- ISBN 9780881410563.
- Ostrogorsky, George (1956). History of the Byzantine State. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
- Panchenko, Constantin A. (2021). Orthodoxy and Islam in the Middle East: The Seventh to the Sixteenth Centuries. Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Publications. ISBN 9781942699330.
- Roussos, Sotiris (2010). "Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the Middle East". Eastern Christianity in the Modern Middle East. London-New York: Routledge. pp. 107–119. ISBN 9781135193713.
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