historical material in the possession of the Custodia has been since 1906 in course of publication by Fr. G. Golubovich, O.F.M., under the title of Biblioteca Bio-Bibliografica della Terra Santa e dell' Oriente Franciscano.
Religious Orders.—In addition to the Franciscans, many Roman Catholic religious Orders are represented in Palestine. Among these are the Discalced Carmelites, who take their name from the parent house on Mt. Carmel; the Dominicans, with their admirable library and Biblical School in the Convent of S. Stephen, Jerusalem; the Benedictines, Salesians, White Fathers, Lazarists, Passionists and Assumptionists. Among the Orders for women are the Franciscans, Benedictines, Carmelites, Clarisses, Dames de Sion, Sœurs Reparatrices, Sœurs de S. Vincent de Paul, and others.
§ 8. The Uniate Churches.
The Uniate Churches (Eastern Churches acknowledging the general supremacy of the Pope, but preserving in a greater or lesser degree their own liturgies and customs) represented in Palestine are the following: Melchites, Maronites, Armenian Uniates, Nestorian Uniates or Chaldaeans, Jacobite Uniates or Syrians and Abyssinian Uniates. These churches are represented in Palestine by very small flocks, principally resident in Jerusalem.
The most considerable of these communities as regards Palestine is that of the Melchites, who have a seminary connected with the Church of S. Anne in Jerusalem, governed since 1878 by the White Fathers. The Melchite Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem (Mgr. Kadi) generally lives in Damascus; a Melchite Archbishop of Galilee resides at Haifa.
The Armenian Uniates possess a handsome cathedral in Jerusalem (Our Lady of the Spasm), and are under a Vicar-General; from 1855 to 1867 there was an Armenian Uniate Archbishop of Jerusalem.
