Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, or the Church of Sorrows of Mary, also called the Armenian Chapel of Our Lady of the Spasm, is an Armenian Catholic church building in the Old City of Jerusalem erected in 1881.Photo: Martin Furtschegger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: Armenian Catholic Church
- Also known as: “Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jerusalem”, “Church of Our Lady of the Spasm”, “Church of Our Lady of the Spasm, Jerusalem”, and “Church of the Holy Mother of God”
- Address: Jerusalem
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Dome of the Rock
Place of worship
The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. Dome of the Rock is situated 340 metres southeast of Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Church
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre is situated 310 metres southwest of Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Western Wall
Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Western Wall is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. Western Wall is situated 390 metres southeast of Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and Old City.
Muslim Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: McKaby, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Muslim Quarter is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem. It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.
Old City
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
Christian Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: Ghaly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Christian Quarter is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter and the Armenian Quarter.
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, architectural ensemble, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.77994° or 31° 46′ 48″ northLongitude
35.23245° or 35° 13′ 57″ eastElevation
795 metres (2,608 feet)Open location code
8G3QQ6HJ+XXOpenStreetMap ID
way 277705915OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchGeoNames ID
13608141Wikidata ID
Q999100
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Church of Our Lady of Sorrows” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة سيدة الأحزان”
- Arabic: “كنيسة_سيدة_الأحزان_(القدس)”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի (Երուսաղեմ)”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի”
- Armenian: “Տառապանքի տիրամոր եկեղեցի”
- Czech: “Marie Bolestná”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه السيده العذراء فى القدس”
- French: “Église Notre-Dame des Douleurs”
- French: “Église Notre-Dame du Spasme de Jérusalem”
- French: “Église Notre-Dame du Spasme”
- French: “église Notre-Dame-des-Douleurs de Jérusalem”
- French: “église Notre-Dame-du-Spasme de Jérusalem”
- German: “Kirche der Schmerzen Mariä”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית גבירתנו הדואבת”
- Hungarian: “Fájdalmas Szűz Anya templom”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Bunda Maria dari Kesedihan di Yerusalem”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Katolik Armenia Yerusalem”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria dello Spasimo”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria dello Spasimo”
- Japanese: “苦悩の母マリア教会”
- Polish: “Kościół Matki Bożej Bolesnej w Jerozolimie”
- Romanian: “Biserica catolică armeană „Durerile Maicii Domnului””
- Russian: “Церковь Богоматери Страдания”
- Spanish: “Capilla Armenia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores”
- Spanish: “iglesia de los Dolores de Maria”
- Spanish: “iglesia de los Dolores de María”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Espasmo”
- Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստուածածին Եկեղեցի (Երուսաղէմ)”
- Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստուածածին Եկեղեցի”
- Western Armenian: “Տառապանքի տիրամօր եկեղեցի”
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