St George’s College Jerusalem is part of the Anglican/Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East. The Diocese of Jerusalem covers Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. There are roughly 5000 Anglican/Episcopal Christians in the diocese today and there are many diocesan institutions of which St. George’s College is one.

The Anglican presence in Jerusalem goes back to 1841 when Anglicans in England under Queen Victoria and Lutherans in Prussia under King Frederick William IV joined together to form a single presence in the Holy Land. The first Bishop was Michael Solomon Alexander. Later, around the turn of the 20th century, St. George’s Cathedral with its distinctively English bell tower was completed. St. George’s College stands in the grounds of the Cathedral in East Jerusalem and is ten minutes’ walk from the Damascus and Herod’s Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.

St. George’s College Jerusalem began in the 1920's with a vision for a seminary for Palestinian Anglican seminarians. There were never very many and the College was opened up to seminarians worldwide. Later, in the 1960's the College was opened up to a wider group and in due course both clerical and lay students from many different denominations from around the world began to attend Courses at St. George’s.

Today the College stands in an attractive ‘biblical garden’ containing a variety of interesting biblical flowers. Its students come from many different countries around the world. Short Courses in Jerusalem, Galilee, Egypt, Sinai, Jordan, Turkey, and Greece enable participants to study the bible and Christian history in the context of pilgrimage and travel. St. George’s College Special Programs focus on ecumenical, inter-faith, and Peace and Justice issues. St. George’s College offers unique study pilgrimages enabling participants to encounter the many different peoples of the Holy Land.