Saint Helena Chapel

The Chapel of Saint Helena is a 12th-century Armenian church in the lower level of the in , constructed during the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: church building in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Chapel of Saint Helena, Jerusalem”
  • Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Mosque of Omar.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the of the of .

Mosque
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The is a , located inside the Old City of . Situated opposite the southern courtyard of the , in the area of the , the mosque is not open to tourists, and can be accessed only for praying.

Place of worship
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. is situated 480 metres east of Saint Helena Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Christian Quarter and Old City.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of , the other three being the , the and the .

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The of Jerusalem is that part of surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four traditional quarters of the . The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the and the in the east.

Saint Helena Chapel

Latitude
31.77851° or 31° 46′ 43″ north
Longitude
35.23023° or 35° 13′ 49″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6HJ+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2710872404
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Wiki­data ID
Q5073076
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Saint Helena Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديسة هيلانة بالقدس”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديسة هيلانة في القدس”
  • Arabic: “مصلى القديسة هيلانة”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ մատուռ”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Հելենա մատուռը”
  • Breton: “Chapel Santez-Elena”
  • Chinese: “圣赫肋纳小堂”
  • Czech: “svatá Helena”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة القديسة هيلانة بالقدس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة القديسه هيلانه بالقدس”
  • German: “Helenakapelle”
  • Hebrew: “הקפלה של סנט הלנה”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Ilona-kápolna”
  • Italian: “Cappella di Sant’Elena”
  • Persian: “کلیسای هلنا مقدس، اورشلیم”
  • Romanian: “Capela lui Sfânta Elena”
  • Russian: “капелла Святой Елены”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de Santa Helena”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Helena”
  • Turkish: “Helena Şapeli”

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