St. Mark’s Convent

The Monastery of Saint Mark the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary is a Syriac Orthodox monastery in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem and residence of the Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem.

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Type: Church
Description: church building in East Jerusalem
Also known as: “Dayr Mār Murqus lil-Suryān al-Urthūdhuks bi-Ūrushalīm”, “Dayro d-Mor Marqos”, “Monastère de Saint-Marc”, “Monastère syriaque Saint-Marc”, “Monastery of Saint Mark”, “Monastery of Saint Mark the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary”, “Monastery of St. Mark”, “St. Mark’s Monastery”, “St. Mark’s Monastery, Jerusalem”, and “Syriac Church of St. Mark”
Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Western Wall.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Church

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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 270 metres north of St. Mark’s Convent.

Western Wall

Synagogue

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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 370 metres east of St. Mark’s Convent.

Al-Aqsa Mosque

Mosque

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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa Mosque is situated 470 metres east of St. Mark’s Convent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewish Quarter and Armenian Quarter.

Jewish Quarter

Neighborhood

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The Jewish Quarter is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the Armenian Quarter on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount in the east.

Armenian Quarter

Neighborhood

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The Armenian Quarter is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Located in the southwestern corner of the Old City, it can be accessed through the Zion Gate and Jaffa Gate.