Lazarus Tomb
The Tomb of Lazarus is a traditional Christian pilgrimage in the al-Eizariya suburb of Jerusalem Governorate, Palestine. It is located on the southeast slope of the Mount of Olives, some 2.4 km east of the city limits of Jerusalem.Photo: Marion Doss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: place of pilgrimage
- Also known as: “Tomb of Lazarus” and “قبر لازاروس”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount of Olives and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Mount of Olives
Peak
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa Mosque is situated 2 km west of Lazarus Tomb.
Bethphage monastery
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bethphage or Bethsphage, is a Christian religious site on the Mount of Olives east of historical Jerusalem, now in the At-Tur neighbourhood of East Jerusalem. Bethphage monastery is situated 790 metres northwest of Lazarus Tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Eizariya and Abu Dis.
Al-Eizariya
Town
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bethany, locally called in Arabic al-Eizariya or el-Aizariya, is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine, bordering East Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
Abu Dis
Town
Abu Dis or Abu Deis is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, bordering Jerusalem. Since the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Abu Dis land has been mostly part of "Area B", under Israeli military control and Palestinian civic control.
Ras al-Amud
Suburb
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ras al-Amud is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem located southeast of the Old City of Jerusalem. The Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan lies to the south, Abu Dis and al-Eizariya to the east, and the Jewish neighborhood of Ma'ale HaZeitim to the north.
Lazarus Tomb
- Categories: tomb, cave, sanctuary, sacred place, tourism, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77152° or 31° 46′ 18″ northLongitude
35.25579° or 35° 15′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ7C4+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 432267397OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q7818622
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lazarus Tomb” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قبر ألعازر”
- Arabic: “قبر لعازر”
- French: “Tombe de Lazare”
- French: “tombeau de Lazare”
- French: “Tombeau de Lazare”
- German: “Grab des Lazarus”
- German: “Lazarus-Grab”
- Hebrew: “קבר לזרוס”
- Hindi: “लाज़र का मक़बरा”
- Italian: “Tomba di Lazzaro”
- Polish: “Grób Łazarza”
- Romanian: “Mormântul lui Lazăr din Betania”
- Russian: “Гробница Лазаря”
- Urdu: “قبر لعزر”
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