Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Jerusalem

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Church in Jerusalem, Palestine

Cathedral of the Annunciation


Location	Jerusalem
Country	Palestine
Denomination	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
History
Dedication	Our Lady of the Annunciation
Administration
Diocese	Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem

The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin,^[1] also called Greek Catholic Melkite Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin or simply Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation,^[2] is a Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.^[3] It is dedicated to the Annunciation.

It serves as the headquarters of the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem (Archieparchia Hierosolymitana Melchitarum), whose patriarch since 1772 is responsible for the Jerusalem Melkites by the encyclical Orientalium dignitas of Pope Leo XIII.

As part of the Old City of Jerusalem, it is categorised as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981.

References

^ Greek-Melkite Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin, Jerusalem
^ "The Catholic Church Of The Holy Land » Territorial Parishes Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Jerusalem". catholicchurch-holyland.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
^ Liles, Martha. "Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Holy Land – (Patriarchal See of Jerusalem / Al Quds / The Holy One, Holy Land)". www.mliles.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

External links

Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate Guesthouse, Jerusalem

Old City of Jerusalem and its walls

World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1981
Sorted by religions

Christianity

"Status Quo"

Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Deir es-Sultan
- Chapel of Saint Helena
Via Dolorosa
See also: New Church of the Theotokos

Catholic

Latin
(Patriarch)

Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus

Franciscans (Custos)	Monastery of Saint Saviour Monastery of the Flagellation Church of the Condemnation Church of the Flagellation Chapel of Simon of Cyrene

Defunct	Church of Saint James Intercisus Church of Saint Mary of the Germans Church of Saint Mary of the Latins Templum Domini

Melkite Catholic
(Patriarch)

Cathedral of the Annunciation

Armenian Catholic

Church of Our Lady of Sorrows

Maronite Catholic

Maronite Convent

Eastern
Orthodox

Greek Orthodox (Patriarch)	Church of Saint John the Baptist

Oriental
Orthodox

Armenian Orthodox (Patriarch)	Cathedral of Saint James Church of the Holy Archangels Church of Saint Toros
Syriac Orthodox	Monastery of Saint Mark
Coptic Orthodox (Archbishop)	Deir es-Sultan

Protestant

Anglican Communion

Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East	Christ Church

Lutheran

Protestant Church in Germany	Church of the Redeemer

Areas, quarters

Christian
Quarter

Muristan

Muslim
Quarter

Armenian
Quarter

Jewish
Quarter

Temple
Mount

Gates
1. Jaffa 2. Zion 3. Dung 4. Golden 5. Lions 6. Herod
7. Damascus 8. New (Double, Single, Tanners')
Al-Mawazin

Surrounding streets, roads:

Highway 60
Jaffa Road
Jericho
Ma'ale HaShalom
Ofel
Sultan Suleiman

Islam
(Sunni Islamic
Grand Mufti)

Al-Aqsa (Waqf)	Qibli Mosque Dome of the Ascension Dome of the Chain Dome of al-Khidr Dome of al-Khalili Dome of the Prophet Dome of the Rock Dome of Yusuf Madrasa Al-Ashrafiyya Marwani Mosque
Other mosques	Al-Buraq Mosque Al-Yaqoubi Mosque Al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque Mosque of Omar Al Dissi Mosque Sidna Omar Mosque

Judaism
(Sephardic/Ashkenazi
Chief Rabbis)

General

Orthodox
Jewish

Defunct	Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue

Remnants or rebuilt buildings in italic
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Patriarchs	Cyril VI Tanas Athanasius IV Jawhar Maximos II Hakim Theodosius V Dahan Athanasius IV Jawhar Cyril VII Siaj Agapius II Matar Ignatius IV Sarrouf Athanasius V Matar Macarius IV Tawil Ignatius V Qattan Maximos III Mazloum Clement Bahouth Gregory II Youssef Peter IV Geraigiry Cyril VIII Geha Demetrius I Qadi Cyril IX Moghabghab Maximos IV Sayegh Maximos V Hakim Gregory III Laham Youssef I Absi
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Churches	Cathedrals: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, Damascus St. Elias Cathedral, Beirut St. George's Cathedral, Amman St. Elijah Cathedral, Haifa Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Jerusalem Annunciation Cathedral, Boston St. Anne's Cathedral, Los Angeles Saint Sauveur Cathedral, Montréal Porta Coeli Cathedral, Mexico City Our Lady of Paradise Cathedral, São Paulo St. George's Cathedral, Caracas Churches: Sts Peter and Paul Church, Ottawa St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Shefa-Amr Synagogue Church, Nazareth St. George's Church, Milwaukee St. Jude's Church, Miami Chapel of Saint Paul, Damascus Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, Paris Shrine: Our Lady of Awaiting
Religious institutes	Basilian Aleppian Order Basilian Aleppian Sisters Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist Basilian Chouerite Sisters Basilian Salvatorian Order
See also	Mariam Baouardy Lebanese Melkite Christians
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