Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity Cathedral is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, located at the heart of the so-called Russian Compound in central Jerusalem. The cathedral was built in 1860–1872 by a Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, when the Holy City was part of the Ottoman Empire.- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Thursday: 9:00 AM—1:00 PM and 3:00 PM—5:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM—1:00 PM
Saturday: 7:00 AM—noon and 4:30 PM—7:30 PM
Sunday: 8:30 AM—1:00 PM
Monday: closed - Type: Church
- Denomination: Russian Orthodox
- Description: Russian Orthodox church in the Russian compound in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Holy Trinity Cathedral, Jerusalem” and “The Holy Trinity Cathedral”
- Address: 1 כיכר מוסקבה, Jerusalem, 9100902
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Safra Square.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Church
Safra Square
Square
Photo: Yoninah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safra Square is a city square in Jerusalem. It is the site of the Jerusalem Municipality complex, which houses the municipal administration. Safra Square is located in a central part of the city, near the former seam line between West and East Jerusalem, a site chosen to symbolize its goal of serving all residents of Jerusalem. Safra Square is situated 150 metres southeast of Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
Jerusalem Townhall
Town hall
The Jerusalem Municipality, the seat of the Israeli municipal administration, consists of a number of buildings located on Jaffa Road in the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem Townhall is situated 130 metres southeast of Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Russian Compound and Nahalat Shiva.
Russian Compound
Suburb
The Russian Compound is one of the oldest districts in central Jerusalem, featuring a large Russian Orthodox church, the Russian-owned Sergei's Courtyard and the premises of the Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem, as well as the site of former pilgrim hostels, some of which are used as Israeli government buildings, and one of which hosts the Museum of Underground Prisoners.
Nahalat Shiva
Neighborhood
Nahalat Shiv'a is a former courtyard neighborhood in Jerusalem. It was the third Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in the 1860s.
Musrara
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Musrara is a formerly Ottoman neighborhood in what is now West Jerusalem. It is bordered by the Israeli neighborhoods of Mea Shearim and Beit Yisrael to the north, by the Russian Compound and Kikar Safra to the west, and by Mamilla mall to the south, and the Old City to the east.
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
- Categories: Eastern Orthodox cathedral, cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.78154° or 31° 46′ 54″ northLongitude
35.22287° or 35° 13′ 22″ eastElevation
762 metres (2,500 feet)Inception
1872Open location code
8G3QQ6JF+J4OpenStreetMap ID
way 29881867OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedralOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=russian_orthodoxGeoNames ID
13608152Wikidata ID
Q1257630
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Cathedral of the Holy Trinity” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكاتدرائية الروسية”
- Arabic: “الكاتدرائية المسكوبية”
- Arabic: “كاتدرائية الثالوث الأقدس”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Երրորդության տաճար, Երուսաղեմ”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Երրորդության տաճար”
- Chinese: “圣三一主教座堂 (耶路撒冷)”
- Chinese: “圣三一主教座堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكاتدرائيه المسكوبيه”
- Finnish: “Pyhä kolminaisuus”
- French: “cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité de Jérusalem”
- French: “Cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité de Jérusalem”
- French: “Cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité”
- German: “Dreifaltigkeit”
- German: “Dreifaltigkeitskathedrale”
- German: “Kapelle von der Ohnmacht Unserer Lieben Frau”
- Hebrew: “השילוש הקדוש”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית השילוש הקדוש בירושלים”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית השילוש הקדוש”
- Hebrew: “קתדרלת השילוש הקדוש”
- Polish: “Sobór Trójcy Świętej w Jerozolimie”
- Romanian: “Catedrala Ortodoxă Rusă „Sfânta Treime””
- Russian: “Свято-Троицкий Кафедральный Собор”
- Russian: “Свято-Троицкий собор (Иерусалим)”
- Russian: “Собор Святой Троицы”
- Russian: “Троицкий собор”
- Spanish: “Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (Jerusalén)”
- Spanish: “Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad”
- Western Frisian: “Trije-ienheidskatedraal (Jeruzalim)”
- Western Frisian: “Trije-ienheidskatedraal”
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