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The Catholic Church of Ma'alul () is a Catholic church in the village of
Ma'alul Ma'alul () was a Palestinians, Palestinian village, with a mixed population of primarily Muslims with a substantial minority of Palestinian Christians, that was depopulated and destroyed by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Located six kilom ...
in northern
Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
.


History

The church was restored in 2011 and together with a
Greek Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Church (, , ) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian Churches, each associated in some way with Christianity in Greece, Greek Christianity, Antiochian Greek Christians, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christian ...
and a mosque part of what remains of the ancient Arab village of
Ma'alul Ma'alul () was a Palestinians, Palestinian village, with a mixed population of primarily Muslims with a substantial minority of Palestinian Christians, that was depopulated and destroyed by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Located six kilom ...
, just a few kilometers west of Nazareth and which was formed mainly by Christian Palestinians until 1948 when it was destroyed during the
1947–1949 Palestine war The 1948 Palestine war was fought in the territory of what had been, at the start of the war, British-ruled Mandatory Palestine. During the war, the British withdrew from Palestine, Zionism, Zionist forces conquered territory and established ...
. The church is managed by descendants of the original inhabitants.


See also

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Roman Catholicism in Israel The Catholic Church in Israel (; ; ) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, in full communion with the Holy See in Rome. A number of institutions and organizations serve the Catholic community. The Melkite Church serves the largest number o ...
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Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem () is the Latin Catholic ecclesiastical patriarchate in Jerusalem, officially seated in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the archbishop of Latin Church Catholics of th ...
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Christianity in Israel Christianity (; ; ) is the third largest religion in Israel, after Judaism and Islam. At the end of 2022, Christians made up 1.9% of the Israeli population, numbering approximately 185,000. 75.8% of the Christians in Israel are Arab Christians. ...


References

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