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Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Patriarch of Jerusalem · Jerusalem · est. 451 · No. 4 in the diptychs

The mother church of Christendom, guardian of the holy places of the Holy Land.

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem is regarded as the mother church of Christendom. Its primate, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, together with the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, guards the holy places associated with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.