Zeitoun Church

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also known as The Olive Church or the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, is the cathedral of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the city of , .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Catholic
  • Description: Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral in Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as: “Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition”, “Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, Damascus”, “Greek-Melkite Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady”, “Notre Dame de la Dormition Cathedral”, “Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral”, and “Zaitoun Church”
  • Address: 12, دمشق

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bab ash-Sharqi and Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus.

City gate
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Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient of , . Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. is situated 160 metres northeast of Zeitoun Church.

Church
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The is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in . While a metropolitan see, the Archeparchy of Damascus is without suffragans and is exempt directly to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch.

Church
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is the cathedral of the Syriac Catholic Church, located in , . It is the see of the and is located in the Christian quarter of Damascus, 100 m west of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.

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is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Town
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is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Town
is a neighbourhood and municipality in , , south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456. is situated 2½ km southwest of Zeitoun Church.

Zeitoun Church

Latitude
33.50851° or 33° 30′ 31″ north
Longitude
36.3166° or 36° 18′ 60″ east
Open location code
8G5RG858+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10023885126
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q15958561
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Zeitoun Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية سيدة النياح”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة الزبتون”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة الزيتون”
  • Armenian: “Վերափոխման տաճար (Դամասկոս)”
  • Armenian: “Վերափոխման տաճար”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Nostra Senyora de la Dormició de Damasc”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Nostra Senyora de la Dormició”
  • Catalan: “catedral patriarcal de la Dormició de Nostra Senyora”
  • Chinese: “聖母安眠主教座堂”
  • Danish: “Al-Zeitoun-kirken”
  • Danish: “Katedralen af Vor Frues himmelfart”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية سيدة النياح”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de la Dormiĝo de Nia Sinjorino (Damasko)”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de la Dormiĝo de Nia Sinjorino”
  • French: “Cathédrale melkite Notre-Dame de la Dormition”
  • French: “cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Dormition de Damas”
  • French: “Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Dormition de Damas”
  • German: “Al-Zeitoun-Kirche”
  • German: “Kathedrale der Entschlafung Unserer Frau”
  • German: “Zeitoun-Kathedrale (gr.-kath.)”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Katolik Yunani-Melkit Damaskus”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Sayidatun Niyah, Damaskus”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale della Dormizione di Nostra Signora”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Notre-Dame-de-la-Dormition”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Zeitoun-kirken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Katedralen av Vår Frues himmelfart”
  • Polish: “Katedra Zaśnięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny w Damaszku”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Dormición”
  • Turkish: “Deyriyyet-ü’n-Niyâh Aziz Meryem Uykusu Katedrali”

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