Dormition of the Mother of God
Dormition of the Mother of God is a church in Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State. Dormition of the Mother of God is situated near the hospital Old Welkom Provincial ( Not in Use), as well as near the fitness club Virgin Active.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Welkom-Gimnasium.
Welkom-Gimnasium
School
Welkom-Gimnasium is an academic secondary school in Welkom, South Africa. Founded in 1953 as an Afrikaans school, the school has been a dual-medium school offering classes in English since 1996. Welkom-Gimnasium is situated 1 km north of Dormition of the Mother of God.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Welkom and Thabong.
Welkom
Welkom is the second-largest city in the Free State province. Welkom is known as "Circle City", "City within a Garden", "Mvela" and "Matjhabeng". The city's Sotho name, Matjhabeng, means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique met to work in the mines of the gold fields.Thabong
Suburb
Thabong is the second largest township after Botshabelo in the Free State province of South Africa. The township was established during the years of segregation of black people as well as the township of Bronville for coloured people adjacent to the city of Welkom, to accommodate workers at the world's richest gold mines. Thabong is situated 6 km east of Dormition of the Mother of God.
Riebeeckstad
Town
Riebeeckstad is a suburb 5 km east of the city of Welkom located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa. Riebeeckstad is situated 10 km northeast of Dormition of the Mother of God.
Dormition of the Mother of God
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-27.98178° or 27° 58′ 54″ south
Longitude
26.72999° or 26° 43′ 48″ east
Open location code
5G482P9H+7X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodox
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Highlights: Old Welkom Provincial ( Not in Use) and Virgin Active.
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