Today, Mount Zion refers to a hill south of the Old City's Armenian Quarter, not to the Temple Mount.

Today, the Old City is roughly divided into the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter, the Jewish Quarter and the Armenian Quarter.

The Christian Quarter (, Ḩārat an-Naşāra ) is situated in the northwestern corner of the Old City, extending from the New Gate ( see below ) in the north, along the western wall of the Old City as far as the Jaffa Gate, along the Jaffa Gate-Western Wall route in the south, bordering on the Jewish and Armenian Quarters, as far as the Damascus Gate in the east, where it borders on the Muslim Quarter.

Although the Armenians are Christian, the Armenian Quarter is distinct from the Christian Quarter.

Today more than 3, 000 Armenians live in Jerusalem, 500 of them in the Armenian Quarter.

In 1975, a theological seminary was established in the Armenian Quarter.

The Jewish Quarter (, HaRova HaYehudi, known colloquially to residents as HaRova,, Ḩārat al-Yahūd ) lies in the southeastern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the Armenian Quarter on the west, up to the Cardo in the north and extends to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount in the east.

Armenian Quarter ·

The Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem

The Armenian Quarter ( Haygagan t ' ağamas,, ) is one of the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem.

The Armenian Quarter is the smallest of the four quarters, with the smallest number of residents.

In 2001, there were about 2, 500 Armenians living in Jerusalem, most of them living in and around the Patriarchate at the St. James Monastery, which occupies most of the Armenian Quarter.

The Armenian Quarter itself, centered around St. James, also included housing and one holy Christian site, the prison of Jesus.

Only the southern part of the area described as the Armenian Quarter today was actually inhabited by Armenians at this time.

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The route traced by Gibson begins in a parking lot in the Armenian Quarter, then passes the Ottoman walls of the Old City next to the Tower of David near the Jaffa Gate before turning towards the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Basil I, called the Macedonian (, Basíleios hō Makedṓn ;, Barsegh A Makedonatsi ; 830 / 835 – August 29, 886 ) was a Byzantine Emperor of probable Armenian descent who reigned from 867 to 886.

Philippicus was originally named Bardanes (, Vardanis ; ), and was the son of the patrician Nikephorus, who was of Armenian extraction from an Armenian colony in Pergamum.

Leo V the Armenian (, Leōn V ho Armenios ; ; 775 – 25 December 820 ) was Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 813 to 820.

Vazgen Sargsyan (, March 5, 1959 – October 27, 1999 ) was an Armenian military commander, politician and writer.

Western Armenian (,, sometimes — most often during the first half of the 20th century — referred to also as, " Turkish-Armenian ") is one of the two standardized forms of modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian.

One theory on the etymology of the name Iberia, proposed by Giorgi Melikishvili, was that it was derived from the contemporary Armenian designation for Georgia, Virkʿ (, and Ivirkʿ and Iverkʿ ), which itself was connected to the word Sver ( or Svir ), the Kartvelian designation for Georgians.

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Shish kebab (, in which շիշ is the Armenian word for " skewer ,") is a dish consisting of meat threaded on a skewer and grilled.

Leo II (, Levon A Metsagorts ), also Leon II, Levon II or Lewon II ( 1150 – 2 May 1219 ) was the tenth lord of Armenian Cilicia or “ Lord of the Mountains ” ( 1187 – 1198 / 1199 ), and the first king of Armenian Cilicia ( sometimes as Levon I the Magnificent or Lewon I ) ( 1198 / 1199 – 1219 ).

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Sergei Parajanov (, Sargis or Sarkis Hofsepi Paradzhanian ;, Sergei ( Sergo ) Parajanov ;, Sergei Yosifovich Paradzhanov ;, Serhii Yosypovych Paradzhanov ; sometimes spelled Paradzhanov or Paradjanov January 9, 1924 — July 20, 1990 ) was Georgian-born Armenian film director and artist, who significantly contributed to Ukrainian, Armenian and Georgian cinema.

Arthur Petrosyan (, born on 17 December 1971 in Gyumri, Soviet Union ) is a former Armenian football midfielder.

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