Save Jerusalem’s At-Risk Armenian Christian Quarter

Protect this Sacred Treasure of Global Christian Heritage since the 4th Century

Alert your Members of Congress to alarming threats to the very survival of Jerusalem’s sacred Armenian Christian Quarter, a treasure of global Christian heritage since it was founded by Armenian Christian monks in the 4th Century.

Did you know these 10 facts about Armenian Christianity?

1) Two Apostles of Jesus, Thaddeus and Bartholomew, preached Christianity in Armenia.

2) Converted by St. Gregory the Illuminator, Armenia became the first Christian nation in 301.

3) The Armenian Apostolic Church, a part of Oriental Orthodoxy, affirms that Jesus Christ was of one incarnate nature, in which both divine and human nature are united.

4) In the early 5th Century, Armenian clergy were among the first to translate the Bible, which is known in Armenian as "Astvatsashunch," meaning "The Breath of God."

5) The very first Biblical passage translated into Armenian is from the Book of Proverbs (1:2): "To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding." (KJV)

6) The Biblical landing place of Noah's Ark was on Armenia's Mount Ararat.

7) Eastern and Western Armenian translations of the Bible are available online.

8) Historic Armenia is covered with intricately carved Armenian stone crosses called "khachkars."

9) The Armenian Cross features floral postaments, or design flourishes.

10) Turkey's 1915-23 genocide of Armenians and other Christian nations reduced the number of Christians in the territory of present-day Turkey from roughly 20% (pre-1915) to approximately 0.2% today.

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