The following ecclesial entities are represented by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem: the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Near East; Custody of the Holy Land; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land; the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East; the Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchate; the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate; the Greek Melkite Catholic Church; the Maronite Archdiocese of Haifa and the Holy Land; the Syrian Catholic Church; and the Armenian Catholic Church. See the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) website for the names of the bishops and clerics who head each of these respectively.

See the website of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem for the Arabic original of this statement.

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