Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus
The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Syria. While a metropolitan see, the Archeparchy of Damascus is without suffragans and is exempt directly to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch.Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: archeparchy
- Also known as: “Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bab ash-Sharqi and Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul.
Bab ash-Sharqi
City gate
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient city gates of Damascus, Syria. Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city.
Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul
Church
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul is the cathedral of the Syriac Catholic Church, located in Damascus, Syria. It is the see of the Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus and is located in the Christian quarter of Damascus, 100 m west of Bab Sharqi.
Zeitoun Church
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 Damascus, Syria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.
Damascus
Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.
Al Midan
Town
Al-Midan is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456. Al Midan is situated 2½ km southwest of Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus.
Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus
- Categories: Catholic Metropolitan Archieparchy, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.50927° or 33° 30′ 33″ northLongitude
36.31686° or 36° 19′ 1″ eastOpen location code
8G5RG858+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 10723260212OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q1365991
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبرشية السريان الكاثوليك بدمشق”
- Arabic: “مطرانية السريان الكاثوليك - دمشق”
- Armenian: “ասորի կաթոլիկ եկեղեցու Դամասկոսի թեմ”
- Catalan: “arxieparquia de Damasc dels siris”
- Chinese: “敘利亞禮天主教大馬士革總教區”
- Czech: “Syrská archieparchie Damašek”
- Dutch: “Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “أبرشية السريان الكاثوليك بدمشق”
- French: “archeparchie de Damas des Syriaques”
- French: “Archeparchie de Damas des Syriaques”
- French: “Archeparchie de Damas des Syriens”
- French: “Archidiocèse de Damas (rite syrien)”
- French: “Archidiocèse de Damas des Syriaques”
- French: “Archidiocèse de Damas des Syriens”
- French: “Archidiocèse métropolitain de Damas (rite syrien)”
- German: “Erzbistum Damaskus (Syrer)”
- German: “Erzeparchie Damaskus (Syrer)”
- German: “Erzeparchie Damaskus”
- Indonesian: “Eparki Agung Damaskus (Suriah)”
- Indonesian: “Eparki Agung Damaskus”
- Italian: “Arcidiocesi di Damasco dei Siri”
- Italian: “Arcidiocesi siriaca di Damasco”
- Italian: “Arcidiocesi siriana di Damasco”
- Italian: “arcieparchia di Damasco dei Siri”
- Italian: “Arcieparchia di Damasco dei Siri”
- Latin: “Archieparchia Damascena Syrorum”
- Polish: “Archidiecezja Damaszku”
- Russian: “Архиепархия Дамаска (сиро-католическая)”
- Spanish: “Archieparquía de Damasco de los sirios”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Paul’s Cathedral and مركز الإغاثة والتنمي أر دي سي.
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