Maronite Convent
The Maronite Convent, also known as the Maronite Church or the Maronite Monastery, is a Maronite Catholic convent located on Maronite Convent Street 25 near the Jaffa Gate in the Armenian quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: Maronite Catholic building in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Maronite Church”, “Maronite Convent, Jerusalem”, and “Maronite Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Jaffa Gate.
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 210 metres north of Maronite Convent.
Jaffa Gate
City gate
Photo: Hreid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jaffa Gate is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the south. Jaffa Gate is situated 190 metres west of Maronite Convent.
Maronite Church
Church
Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine is an exarchate of the Maronite Patriarchate of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Armenian Quarter and Christian Quarter.
Armenian Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: Yonah baby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Jewish Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: Michael Kriegal, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Maronite Convent
- Categories: monastery and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Serbian—“Maronite Convent” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الموارنة”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير الموارنه (القدس)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير الموارنه”
- Greek: “Μαρωνίτικη Εκκλησία”
- Greek: “Μαρωνίτικο Μοναστήρι”
- Italian: “Convento Maronita”
- Serbian: “Маронитски манастир”
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