Christianity in the Persian Gulf

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Christianity_in_the_Persian_Gulf

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	religious history topic
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite	Ain Shaikh Monastery, Bahrain Al-Qusur Monastery, Failaka Island Al-Qusur Monastery, Kuwait Bahrain ancient churches Failaka Island Church, Kuwait Hira monastery, Iraq Jubail Church, Saudi Arabia Kharg Island church, Iran Kuwait Bay churches Oman ancient churches Qal'at al-Bahrain churches Qatar ancient monasteries Sir Bani Yas Church, UAE Sir Bani Yas Monastery, UAE Socotra ancient churches
gptkbp:decline_after	gptkb:Islamic_conquest
gptkbp:early_communities	gptkb:Nestorian_Christians gptkb:Syriac_Christians
gptkbp:freedom_of_worship	limited in some countries
gptkbp:historical_church	gptkb:Church_of_the_East
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Sassanian_Empire
gptkbp:historicalPresence	since late antiquity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Christianity in the Persian Gulf
gptkbp:interfaith_relations	growing in UAE and Bahrain
gptkbp:languages_currently_used	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:French gptkb:Greek gptkb:Hindi gptkb:Korean gptkb:Malayalam gptkb:Russian gptkb:Spanish gptkb:Tamil gptkb:Urdu gptkb:Sinhalese gptkb:Syriac English Portuguese Tagalog
gptkbp:languages_historically_used	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Syriac
gptkbp:legalStatus	varies by country
gptkbp:modern_denominations	gptkb:Anglican gptkb:Protestantism gptkb:Roman_Catholic Orthodox
gptkbp:modernUse	expatriate communities
gptkbp:notableEvent	Abrahamic Family House opening 2023 Pope Francis visit to UAE 2019
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:St._Joseph's_Cathedral,_Abu_Dhabi St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai National Evangelical Church, Kuwait Sacred Heart Church, Bahrain
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Bahrain gptkb:Iran gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Kuwait gptkb:Oman gptkb:Qatar gptkb:Saudi_Arabia gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates gptkb:Yemen
gptkbp:persecutedBy	reported in Saudi Arabia
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Persian_Gulf
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Persian_Christianity
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6