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There is an online video - <a href="https://christchurchjerusalem.org/donate/bells/">
https://christchurchjerusalem.org/donate/bells/</a></div>
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Christ Church in Jerusalem, an Anglican church in the Old City, uniquely houses a set of eight historic <span style="font-weight: bolder;"><u><a style="color: unset;" data-wiz-uids="zFJeUb_f" data-ved="2ahUKEwi-iMTZ7qyRAxVXkq8BHdjgG1EQgK4QegQIARAD" data-hveid="CAEQAw" data-processed="true" class="GI370e OWAAutoLink" id="OWAadd1d8f4-b5b6-ce22-7ce3-f823c6e585d8" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Harrington+tubular+bells&sca_esv=8df951587e50b476&sxsrf=AE3TifMXt76CznhSfEAcbEfKupN01JTtPA%3A1765158191901&source=hp&ei=Ly02af7ZL667seMPwcua4QE&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaTY7P0mCphLHeGPl_CU8DRwPq0j74WZ2&ved=2ahUKEwi-iMTZ7qyRAxVXkq8BHdjgG1EQgK4QegQIARAD&uact=5&oq=set+of+8+tubular+bells+in+Christ+Church%2C+Jerusalem&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IjJzZXQgb2YgOCB0dWJ1bGFyIGJlbGxzIGluIENocmlzdCBDaHVyY2gsIEplcnVzYWxlbTIFEAAY7wUyCBAAGIAEGKIEMgUQABjvBTIFEAAY7wUyCBAAGIAEGKIESKYLUABYAHAAeACQAQCYAdEBoAHRAaoBAzItMbgBA8gBAPgBAvgBAZgCAaAC1AGYAwCSBwMyLTGgB_ACsgcDMi0xuAfUAcIHAzAuMcgHAoAIAA&sclient=gws-wiz&safe=active&ssui=on&mstk=AUtExfDhBnK3GDJHiGP2TqjotFfZV_l-99ZOxwlNTjuFU63KwGnYa6JoxQz0nDhNxRDkca0o7W0K6q1QyzsZuoZrElyth5xlcmwX_4_AFB7thzUnABVrU05GXQeBBXNQ0veLuK4QxlwSTku9llN2c9545uRlJ4RxhHHlUMQsM2wa0J_025E&csui=3">Harrington
tubular bells</a></u></span>, installed over a century ago, which ring for services and special occasions but are in need of restoration, serving as a distinctive landmark and musical feature in the Holy Land. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: bolder;">Key Details:</span></div>
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<span role="presentation" style="font-weight: bolder;">Type:</span> An octave of tubular bells (8 bells).</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 12px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-weight: bolder;">Location:</span> Housed at Christ Church, the Anglican parish in the Old City of Jerusalem.</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 12px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-weight: bolder;">History:</span> Installed over 100 years ago.</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 12px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-weight: bolder;">Significance:</span> It's the only tubular bell system in the Holy Land.</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 12px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-weight: bolder;">Function:</span> Used for Sunday services, weddings, and events.</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 12px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-weight: bolder;">Status:</span> The bells were silenced for decades but are being actively restored through fundraising efforts, notes <span role="presentation" style="font-weight: 500;"><u><a style="color: rgb(26, 13, 171);" data-processed="true" rel="noopener" class="H23r4e OWAAutoLink" id="OWA1845bd8f-14fd-1f98-0255-aac32e2f7700" target="_blank" href="https://christchurchjerusalem.org/donate/bells/">Christ
Church Jerusalem</a></u></span>. </li></ul>
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<span style="font-weight: bolder;">Learn More & Support:</span></div>
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You can find details and ways to support the restoration on the official Christ Church Jerusalem website.</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 12px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc;">
Articles from Anglican Compass and <span role="presentation" style="font-weight: 500;"><u><a style="color: rgb(26, 13, 171);" data-processed="true" rel="noopener" class="H23r4e OWAAutoLink" id="OWA56ef8304-92d4-5f05-e074-ef2c5db5bb9d" target="_blank" href="https://d3hgrlq6yacptf.cloudfront.net/5f3e97addb8f1/content/pages/documents/christ-church-annual-report-2024.pdf">Christ
Church Annual Reports</a></u></span> provide more context. </li></ul>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 8 December 2025 12:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> oliver Lee via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl S Zimmerman <csz_stl@swbell.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] english bells in the holy land</font>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Gillett & Johnston installed a 35-bell carillon in the tower of the YMCA in Jerusalem in 1930. Eijsbouts added a bass bell during an overhaul in 2018. It is played regularly.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Harrington installed a set of 8 tubular bells in Christ Church, Jerusalem (date unknown), and a recent photo of the building suggests that they may still be there.<br>
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- 19th c. home of at least 37 bell founders or resellers <br>
Tel. +1-314-821-8437 <br>
Webmaster for www.TowerBells.org<br>
* Avocation: tower bells<br>
* Recreation: handbells<br>
<div> * Mission: church bells</div>
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<div>On Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 06:10:26 PM CST, oliver Lee via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:
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Little bit of a strange question but are there any english bells in the Holy land (i.e jerusalem and bethlehem?), I know that st george's cathedral in jerusalem has an appropriately large tower for a ring of bells but I haven't come across any documentation
that explicitly mentions what there is up there which makes me wonder if it's one of those cases where the tower was provided but the bells where never installed thanks to monetary constraints!. It does surprise me that the holy land has never had any ringable
towers but seeing that German missionaries where very popular in that part of the world during the late 19<sup>th</sup> century I think this might explain why places like the church of the the holy sepulchre have bells hung for swing chiming, nevertheless
it's something that's always interested me hence my query</div>
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Regards </div>
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Oliver lee</div>
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