4 Quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem:

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4 Quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem
4 Quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem

• Jewish Quarter
• Christian Quarter
• Muslim Quarter
• Armenian Quarter

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Western Wall/Wailing Wall Jewish Quarter
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre Christian Quarter
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Dome of the Rock Muslim Quarter
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Cathedral at Saint James Armenian Quarter
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Jerusalem Within these Walls (video notes on
the 4 quarters of the city)

• Jewish Quarter
• Western Wall or Wailing Wall holy prayer site
  (prayers written on paper and placed inside the
  wall)
• Ruins of 2 temples
• 1948 Israel established as Jewish homeland
  Zionmany migrated from Europe
• Zionism the push for a modern Jewish nation
• Thousands of years of history
• Jews from Yemen and Europe migrated to this area
  during the last century.

• Christian Quarter
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre built upon the site
  of Christs tomb
• Greek Orthodox church, Catholic Church prominent
  (6 sects or denominations share this church
  building)
• Palm Sunday celebration in Jerusalem involves an
  actual march through the city tracing Christs
  walk to his crucifiction
• Fire in the Cathedral each Easter is believed to
  be sent down from God

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Jerusalem Video Notes (contd)

• Muslim Quarter
• Dome of the Rock (site where Abraham gave a
  sacrifice to God for sparing the life of his son
  Ishmael)important to 3 religions
• 3rd holiest city to Muslims after Mecca and
  Medina (both in Saudi Arabia)
• Only closed quarter (to all non-Muslims)

• Armenian Quarter
• Armenian is not a religion! Armenians are
  people who have lost much of their homeland and
  are predominantly Christianthey worship in the
  Cathedral of St. James or in the Christian Qtr.
  at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
• Persecuted grouppushed out of their country
  during WWI by the Ottoman Turks and many were
  forced to march through Syria south to Israel
  (many died on the journey)
• 1.5 million killed during WWI Armenian
  Holocaust or Armenian Genocide