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Христиане в Бахрейне составляют около 14,5% населения. В Бахрейне напротяжении многих вековсуществовала коренная христианская община, причем первое зарегистрированное присутствие относится к 12 веку. Однако христиане-экспатрианты составляют большинство христиан в Бахрейне, в то время как коренные христиане Бахрейна (имеющие гражданство Бахрейна) составляют гораздо меньшую общину. Алис Самаан , нынешний посол Бахрейна в Соединенном Королевстве , является коренным христианином.
Bahraini Christians[edit]
Native Christians who hold Bahraini citizenship number approximately 1,000.[1][note 1] The majority of Christians are originally from Iraq, Palestine and Jordan, with a small minority having lived in Bahrain for many centuries; the majority have been living as Bahraini citizens for less than a century. There are also smaller numbers of native Christians who originally hail from Lebanon, Syria, and India.
The majority of Christian Bahraini citizens tend to be Orthodox Christians, with the largest church by membership being the Eastern Orthodox Church. They enjoy many equal religious and social freedoms. Bahrain has Christian members in the Bahraini government. Bahrain is one of two GCC countries to have a native Christian population; the other country, Kuwait, also has Christian population but in smaller numbers, with less than 400 Christian Kuwaiti citizens.
Eastern Orthodox Christians in Bahrain traditionally belong to the jurisdiction of Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. Eastern Orthodox parish in Bahrain was organized in 2000 by late metropolitan Constantine Papastephanou of Baghdad and Kuwait (1969-2014), who also had ecclesiastical jurisdiction over Eastern Orthodox in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.[2]
Expatriate Christians[edit]
Foreign citizens who live and work in Bahrain make up the majority of Christians in Bahrain. They include people from Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. They belong to various Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches.
Notable Bahraini Christians[edit]
- Alees Samaan - Current Bahraini ambassador to the United Kingdom.
- Hani Aziz[3] - Pastor of the Arabic Congregation of the National Evangelical Church in Bahrain
- Hala Qurisa - Second Deputy Chairman of the Shura Council.
Selected churches[edit]
- Sacred Heart Church (Manama, Bahrain) - Catholic
- St. Mary's Orthodox Church - Indian Orthodox [1]
- St. Peter's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
- The Mar Thoma Church & St. Paul's Marthoma Church
- Saar Fellowship [2]
- Indian Pentecostal Church of God Bahrain
- IPC SHALOM Bahrain
- House of Praise Community Church [3]
- St. Christopher's Cathedral - Anglican
- The National Evangelical Church [4]
- The Father's House AG Church
- The Bahrain Malayalee Church of South India
See also[edit]
- Roman Catholicism in Bahrain
- Sacred Heart Church (Manama, Bahrain)
- Christians in Bahrain (historical region)
- Christianity in the Middle East
- Arab Christians
Notes[edit]
- ^ 2010 Census shows only two religion categories: "Muslim" and "Other". Reasonably assuming majority of "Other" Bahraini citizens is Christian.
References[edit]
- ^ "2010 Census Results". Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
- ^ Memory Eternal: Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou)
- ^ "Bahrain land of co-existence, tolerance, says Rev Hani Aziz | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN". DT News. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
Further reading[edit]
- Fahlbusch, Erwin, ed. (1999), "Bahrain", Encyclopedia of Christianity, 1, Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, pp. 181–182, ISBN 0802824137
External links[edit]
- St Christopher’s Cathedral and Awali Anglican Church
- The Father's House AG Church
- The House of Praise Community Church
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