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Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy Of Akka
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka (in Arabic: أبرشية عكا وحيفا والناصرة وسائر الجليل للروم الملكيين الكاثوليك) is an Eastern Catholic diocese of Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite, Arabic), directly subject to the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch. Its Cathedral episcopal see is St. Elijah Greek-Melkite Cathedral, in Haifa. Territory and statistics The archeparchy extends its jurisdiction to Melkites of Israel, especially of Galilee. The headquarters of the archeparchy (archdiocese) is Haifa, where the Saint Elias Cathedral is located. The Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka counted 76,700 baptized members, and had a territory subdivided into 33 parishes in 2012. As of 2014 the Melkite Greek Catholic Church was the largest Christian community in Israel, with roughly 60% of Israeli Christians belonging to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The city of Haifa has the largest Melkite Greek Catholic c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Snan
Abu Snan (, ) is a local council in the Galilee region of northern Israel, with an area of 4,750 dunams (4.75 km²). It achieved recognition as an independent local council in 1964. It is a religiously mixed town, with a Muslim majority and sizable Druze and Christian minorities. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in Abu Snan had a total population of . History Abu Snan is an ancient village site, where old dressed stones have been reused in modern houses. Graves, oil or vine -presses, and cisterns have been found cut in rock. Crusaders In about 1250 Abu Snan is noted as a '' casale'' of the Teutonic Knights, called ''Busnen''. Under the name ''Tusyan'', probably a corruption of ''Busenan'', Abu Snan was mentioned as part of the domain of the Crusaders during the hudna between the Crusaders based in Acre and the Mamluk sultan al-Mansur (Qalawun) declared in 1283.Barag, 1979, p. 204 No Crusader remains have yet been identified in the village. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisra-Sumei
Kisra-Sumei ( ar, كسرا-سميع; he, כִּסְרָא-סֻמֵיע) is a local council in the western Galilee in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of . In April 2019, 95% of the population were Israeli Arabs of the Druze community, with a small Christian minority. CBS The town has a Druze holy place as well as a statue to the Druze leader and revolutionary Sultan al-Atrash. The town is the result of a merger between the villages of Kisra and Sumei and it was recognised as a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafr Yasif
Kafr Yasif ( ar, كفر ياسيف, ''Kufr Yaseef''; he, כַּפְר יָסִיף) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located northeast of the city of Acre and adjacent to Abu Sinan and Yarka. The population of Kafr Yasif is half Christian (52.1%) with the rest Muslim (44.9%), and a small Druze community. History Many ancient remains have been excavated at Kafr Yasif, including mosaic floors, Corinthian columns, and cisterns cut in rock. Remains dating to the Persian,Zedan, 2017Kafr Yasif/ref> Hellenistic (4th-3rd centuries BCE)Streger, 2020Kafr Yasif (B)/ref> and RomanAbu Raya, 2010Kafr Yasif (B)/ref> periods have been found here. According to a tradition from Kafr Yasif, cited by F.M. Abel, the village was named ''Kefar Akko'' until Josephus fortified it and named it after himself. Remains dating to the Byzantine‘Uqsa, 2021Kafr Yasif/ref>Streger, 2020Kafr Yasif (A)/ref> and Early Islamic (Umayyad/Abbasid) periods have been found here. Furna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafr Kanna
Kafr Kanna ( ar, كفر كنا, ''Kafr Kanā''; he, כַּפְר כַּנָּא) is an Arab town in the Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel. It is associated by Christians with the New Testament village of Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine. In its population was . It has a religiously mixed population of Muslims and Christians from different denominations. Kafr Kanna is mentioned in an extant 9th-century Islamic marble stele. Under Crusader rule, from the 12th to mid-13th centuries, it was a '' casale'' (country estate). Kafr Kanna had become a large village by 1300, during Mamluk rule. It flourished as one of the largest localities in Palestine and one of the two market towns of the Safed Sanjak under Ottoman rule in the 16th century, when its population was mostly Muslim with a significant Jewish minority. By the 19th century, its population was roughly equal parts Muslim and Christian, a state which persisted through British Mandatory rule (1917- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jish
Jish ( ar, الجش; he, גִ'שׁ, גּוּשׁ חָלָב, Jish, Gush Halav) is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District. In it had a population of , which is predominantly Maronite Catholic and Melkite Greek Catholic Christians (63%), with a Sunni Muslim Arab minority (about 35.7%).YNE''On the slopes of a hill, at an elevation of 860 meters surrounded by cherry orchards, pears and apples, built houses, especially church building looks from afar. Number of inhabitants 3,000 divided by 55% Maronite Christian, 30% Greek Catholics and the rest are Muslims.'' The city has been inhabited since Canaanite religion, Canaanite times; later archaeological finds in Jish include two historical synagogues, a unique mausoleum and burial caves from the classic era. According to the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus, Gischala was the last city in the Galilee to fall to the Romans during the First Jewish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadeidi-Makr
Jadeidi-Makr or Makr-Jadeidi ( he, גֻ'דֵידָה-מַכְּר; ar, مكر جديده) is an Arab local council formed by the merger of the two Arab towns of Makr and Jadeidi in 1990. It is located a few kilometers east of the city of Acre in the Northern District, Israel. In its population was . History Crusader kingdom Arabic documents referring to the ''hudna'' (truce agreement) of 1283 between the Crusaders based in Acre and the Mamluk sultan al-Mansur Qalawun are mentioning "Makr Harsin" and "al-Hudeidah", as part of the domain of the Crusaders, where "al-Hudeidah" represents modern Jadeidi.Barag, 1979, p. 204, No. 14 "Makr Harsin" is either the original name of Makr, or, alternatively, it is possible that the text refers to two separate locations, Makr and Harsin, the latter remaining unidentified. Ottoman Empire Incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, Makr appeared in the census of 1596, located in the ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Acre, part of Safad Sanjak. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isfiya
Isfiya ( ar, عسفيا, he, עִסְפִיָא), also known as Ussefiya or Usifiyeh, is a Druze-majority town and Local council (Israel), local council in northern Israel. Located on Mount Carmel, it is part of Haifa District. In its population was 12,136. In 2003, the local council was merged with nearby Daliyat al-Karmel to form Carmel City. However, the new city was dissolved in 2008 and the two villages resumed their independent status. History Late Roman and Byzantine periods Isfiya was built on the ruins of an ancient settlement. A building, dating from the second–fourth centuries CE has been excavated, together with ceramics and coins dating from the period. In 1930, remains of a 5th-century Jewish town, Husifah or Huseifa, were unearthed in Isfiya. Among the finds are a synagogue with a mosaic floor bearing Jewish symbols and the inscription "Peace upon Israel". A cache of 4,500 gold coins were found dating from the Roman period. In 1870, the French explorer Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'billin
I'billin ( ar, إعبلين, he, אִעְבְּלִין) is a local council in the Northern District of Israel, near Shefa-'Amr. 'Ibillin was granted municipal status in 1960. The municipality's area is 18,000 dunams. In its population was , all of whom are Israeli Arabs with a mixed population of Muslims and Christians. History Archaeological excavations in the centre of the village has indicated a continuous inhabitation from the Iron Age (9th century BCE) to the Mamluk Sultanate period (14th century CE). Nasir Khusraw visited the place in 1047 C.E.: "From Damum we passed south to another village, called A'bilin, where there is the tomb of Hud - peace be upon him! - which I visited. Within the enclosure here is a mulberry tree, and there is likewise the tomb of the prophet Uzair - peace be upon him! - which I also visited." Ottoman Empire In 1760, a traveller between Acre and Nazareth noted "the castle of ''Abelin'', on a beautiful eminence; and a town close to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurfeish
Hurfeish ( ar, حرفيش; he, חֻרְפֵישׁ; lit. "milk thistle"Vilnay, 1964, p501/ref> or possibly from "snake" Palmer, 1881, p72/ref>) is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of . History The town is situated on an ancient site, where mosaics and Greek inscriptions have been excavated. In the Crusader era, Hurfeish was known as ''Horfeis, Hourfex, Orpheis'', or ''Orfeis''.Pringle, 2009, p 241/ref> In 1183 it was part of an estate sold from Geoffrey le Tor to Count Jocelyn III. In 1220 Jocelyn III´s daughter Beatrix de Courtenay and her husband Otto von Botenlauben, Count of Henneberg, sold the estate to the Teutonic Knights.Strehlke, 1869, pp 4344, No. 53; Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p 248 No. 934; Cited in Pringle, 2009, p 241/ref> It was listed as still belonging to the Teutonic Knights in 1226. Ottoman Empire In 1596 the village appeared under the name of ''Hurfays'' in the Ottoman tax registers as part of the ''na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eilabun
Eilabun ( ar, عيلبون ''Ailabun'', he, עַילַבּוּן, ) is an Arab Christian village located in the Beit Netofa Valley around south-west of Safed in northern Galilee between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee. It ihad a population of in , which is predominantly Christian (70.5%). In 1973, Eilabun was granted local council status by the Israeli government.Cinamon, 2013'Elabbon /ref> Ottoman period In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as being in the ''nahiya'' ("Subdistrict") of Tabariyya, part of Safad Sanjak, with a population of 13 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, cotton, goats and bee hives, in addition to occasional revenues and a tax for a press for olive oil press or grape syrup; a total of 4,500 akçe. In 1838, ''Aleibun'' was noted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deir Hanna
Deir Hanna ( ar, دير حنا, he, דֵיר חַנָּא) is a local council in the Northern District of Israel, located on the hills of the Lower Galilee, southeast of Acre. In it had a population of . Approximately 90% of Deir Hanna's inhabitants are Arab-Muslims and the remaining 10% are Arab-Christians. Etymology Several etymologies had been presented including: *The Convent of St. John * In the name of a Christian saint * Yohana or Hanun village which existed up until 732 BC and then again under the Byzantine rule * In name of a crusader who conquered the area * In the name of Saint Mary History Crusaders In the Crusader era, Deir Hanna was a fief known as ''Berhenne'', or ''Der Henne''. In 1174 it was one of the casalia (villages) given to ''Phillipe le Rous''. In 1236 descendants of ''Phillipe le Rous'' confirmed the sale of the fief of Deir Henna. According to architectural researcher Andrew Petersen, no traces of Crusader occupation were found in the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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