Saint Anania’s House

The House of Saint Ananias is an ancient underground structure in , , that is said to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus, where Ananias baptized Saul. The building is at the end of the Street Called Straight near the .
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church in Ancient City, Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as: “Saint Ananias House”
  • Address: 34 شارع العازارية, دمشق

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bab ash-Sharqi and Bab Touma.

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 220 metres south of Saint Anania’s House.

City gate
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Bab Tuma is a neighborhood located in the old city of Damascus in . It is one of the seven gates of , a geographic landmark of Christianity. is situated 330 metres northwest of Saint Anania’s House.

Mosque
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The , also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of , the capital of , is one of the largest and oldest in the world. is situated 1 km west of Saint Anania’s House.

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.

Village
also Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a village on the outskirts of northeast of the old city walls. It contains the most venerated site for Syrian Jews, the 2,000-year-old Synagogue, named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries.

Saint Anania’s House

Latitude
33.51141° or 33° 30′ 41″ north
Longitude
36.31748° or 36° 19′ 3″ east
Open location code
8G5RG868+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1247290328
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q1764351
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Saint Anania’s House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس حنانيا”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة حنانيا”
  • Arabic: “كنيسه حنانيا”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Անանիա մատուռ”
  • Dutch: “Huiskapel van Ananias”
  • Esperanto: “Hejmo de Sankta Ananias”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Ananiaksen kappeli”
  • French: “Maison de Saint Ananie”
  • German: “Haus des Hananias”
  • German: “Haus des Sankt Ananias”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Ananias”
  • Italian: “Cappella di San Anania”
  • Italian: “Casa di Anania”
  • Japanese: “アナニヤの家”
  • Korean: “성 아나니아의 집”
  • Romanian: “Casa Sfântului Anania”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de San Ananias”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de San Ananías”

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