4.5 Kumbukumbu za Kidini na Kitamaduni za Taasisi za Provincia Palaestina na Palestina ya Kisasa
4.5 Religio-cultural And Institutional Memories Of Provincia Palaestina And Modern Palestine
Muundo wa Kanisa la Palestina lililoundwa katika kipindi hiki bado unahifadhiwa katika muundo wa Kanisa la Palestina hadi leo. Kanisa la Palestina lilikuwa chombo huru katika karne ya 5 (autocephaly), si tena kiambatisho cha Dola ya Byzantium, hatua muhimu katika kuendeleza mfumo wa kisiasa wa Palestina. Pia, kumbukumbu za kidini-kitamaduni-kijiografia za Provincia Palaestina (Palestina kubwa) chini ya Wabyzantium zimehifadhiwa hai na makanisa ya wenyeji wa Palestina. Leo kumbukumbu hizi za pamoja na mwendelezo halisi wa kitaasisi wa Palestina ya 'Watatu katika Mmoja' unawakilishwa na Patriarchate ya Othodoksi ya Mashariki ya Yerusalemu, au Patriarchate ya Kigiriki ya Othodoksi ya Yerusalemu (Kiarabu:
The structure of the Palestine Church created during this period is still preserved in the structure of the Palestine Church today. The Church in Palestine became an independent body in the 5th century (autocephaly), no longer an appendage of the empire of Byzantium, an important stage in developing the polity of Palestine. Also, the religio-cultural‒geographic memories of Provincia Palaestina (greater Palestine) under the Byzantines have been kept alive by the local churches of Palestine. Today the shared memories and indeed actual institutional continuities of the ‘Three in One’ Palestine is represented in the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, or the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Arabic:
Kanisat Al-Rum al-Ortodoks fi-Quds, Kanisa la Othodoksi la Kirumi la Quds. Awali ilikuwa Patriarchate ya Aelia Capitolina, na wengi wa Wakristo wanaliona kuwa kanisa "mama" la Ukristo wote. Leo linasimamia mamlaka ya kikanisa juu ya Wakristo wa Othodoksi wanaozungumza Kiarabu hasa wa Palestina, Israeli na Yordani. Makao makuu ya Patriarchate ya Othodoksi ya Palestina yako katika Kanisa la Kaburi Takatifu huko Yerusalemu. Kanisa hili lilianza tangu Palestina ya karne ya 4. Jina Church of the Holy Sepulchre linatokana na Kilatini Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri. Jina la Kiebrania, Knesiyat ha-Kever, linatokana na mapokeo hayo hayo ya Ulaya yaliyoanza na Wapiganaji wa Msalaba wa Kilatini. Hata hivyo, jina la Kiarabu linalotumiwa na Wakristo na Waislamu wa Palestina, Kanisa la Ufufuko, Kaneesat al-Qiyamah, linatokana moja kwa moja na jina la mahali la Kigiriki la Othodoksi la Palestina ya Kibyzantini: Church of the Anastasis (Ναός της Αναστάσεως), lililopewa jina kwa ajili ya "ufufuko" wa Yesu. Hii ni njia nyingine ya kuonyesha jinsi majina ya mahali pa Palestina na kumbukumbu ya majina hayo ya mahali zilivyofanikiwa kuhifadhi baadhi ya kumbukumbu za kijamii na kihistoria za Palestina ya karne ya 4 na mapokeo makuu ya kidini ya "Palestina Tatu" za Mwisho wa Zama za Kale.
Kanisat Al-Rum al-Ortodoks fi-Quds), the Byzantine Orthodox Church of al-Quds. Originally the Patriarchate of Aelia Capitolina, it is regarded by many Christians as the ‘mother’ church of all Christendom. Today it exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the predominantly Arabic-speaking Orthodox Christians of Palestine, Israel and Jordan. The headquarters of the Palestine Orthodox Patriarchate is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The church dates back to 4th century Palestine. The name Church of the Holy Sepulchre is derived from the Latin Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri. The Israeli name, Knesiyat ha-Kever, is derived from the same European tradition which began with the Latin Crusaders. Yet the Arabic name used by Palestinian Christians and Muslims, the Church of the Resurrection, Kaneesat al-Qiyamah, is directly derived from the Orthodox Greek toponym of Byzantine Palestine: Church of the Anastasis (Ναός της Αναστάσεως), named after the ‘resurrection’ of Jesus. This is another way of showing how Palestinian toponyms and local toponymic memory managed to preserve some of the social and historic memories of 4th century Palestine and the dominant religious traditions of the ‘Three Palestines’ of Late Antiquity.
Zaidi ya hayo, mamlaka ya kidini juu ya Wakristo wa Kiorthodoksi wa Palestina, Israeli na Yordani yanatokana moja kwa moja na uhuru wake wa kujitegemea (autocephaly), uhuru wake na mamlaka yake juu ya 'Palestina Tatu' za Enzi ya Marehemu ya Kale.
Moreover, the religious authority over the Orthodox Christians of Palestine, Israel and Jordan is derived directly from its autocephaly, independence and jurisdiction over the ‘Three Palestines’ of Late Antiquity.
Kumbukumbu hii ya kijamii ya Palestina ya kihistoria pia inaonekana katika ukweli kwamba Kanisa hufanya ibada yake kwa Ibada ya Byzantine, ambayo lugha yake ya asili ni Kigiriki cha Koine, lugha rasmi ya "Palestina Tatu" wakati wa kipindi cha Byzantine.
This social memory of historic Palestine is also reflected by the fact that the Church celebrates its liturgy in the Byzantine Rite, whose original language is Koine Greek, the official language of the ‘Three Palestines’ during the Byzantine period.
Leo, Patriaki wa Kiorthodoksi wa Yerusalemu, Theophilos III, anatambulika leo kama "Patriaki wa Mji Mtakatifu wa Yerusalemu na Palestina yote"; "Palestina yote" ya leo, basi, ni marekebisho ya kisasa ya "Palestina Tatu" za enzi ya Byzantium. Alichaguliwa mwaka 2005, na Theophilos III angeweza kufuatilia ofisi yake huko Yerusalemu hadi Baraza la Chalcedon mwaka 451, ofisi yenye mamlaka ya kikanisa ya kihistoria juu ya Provincia Palaestina (Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda na Palaestina Salutaris). Patriaki wa Aelia Capitolina pia ni kiongozi wa kidini wa Wakristo wa Kiorthodoksi wa Nchi Takatifu/Palestina/Israeli na Jordan, ambao wengi wao ni Waarabu wa Kipalestina na Kijordani. Uchaguzi huo uliidhinishwa na Jordan tarehe 24 Septemba 2005, kama mojawapo ya "serikali tatu" ambazo idhini yake inaonekana kuwa inahitajika. Miaka miwili baadaye, serikali ya Israeli ilitambua rasmi uchaguzi wake tarehe 16 Desemba 2007.
Also, today the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III of Jerusalem is represented as ‘Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine’; ‘all Palestine’ of today, then, is a modern reformulation of the ‘Three Palestines’ of the Byzantine era. Elected in 2005, Theophilos III could trace his office in Jerusalem to the Council of Chalcedon in 451, an office with historical ecclesiastical jurisdiction over Provincia Palaestina (Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris). The Patriarch of Aelia Capitolina is also the religious leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land/Palestine/Israel and Jordan, who are predominantly Palestinian and Jordanian Arabs. The election was endorsed by Jordan on 24 September 2005, as one of the ‘three governments’ whose endorsement is apparently required. Two years later, the Israeli government officially recognised his election on 16 December 2007.