Burkin Church
The Burqin Church, also known as the Church of the Ten Lepers or Church of St George, is a Greek Orthodox church established during the Byzantine period and located in the Palestinian West Bank town of Burqin, in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sylwia Ufnalska, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: church building in West Bank, Palestine
- Also known as: “Borken Churche” and “Burqin Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Freedom Theatre.
The Freedom Theatre
Theater building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burqin and Kafr Dan.
Burqin
Village
Photo: A abualrob, Public domain.
Burqin is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 5 km west of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, its population was 5,685 in 2007 and 7,126 in 2017.
Kafr Dan
Village
Kafr Dan is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate, located 8 km northwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, the town had a population of 5,148 in 2007 and 6,591 in 2017.
Jenin Refugee Camp
Town
Photo: Dan Palraz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jenin refugee camp, also known as the Jenin camp, is a town originally founded in 1953 as a Palestinian refugee camp located within the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Jenin Refugee Camp is situated 2½ km east of Burkin Church.
Burkin Church
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.4576° or 32° 27′ 27″ northLongitude
35.26006° or 35° 15′ 36″ eastOpen location code
8G4QF756+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 432545019OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxWikidata ID
Q5000301
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Burkin Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة القديس جرجس, برقين”
- Arabic: “كنيسة برقين”
- French: “église Saint-Georges”
- French: “Église Saint-Georges”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית בורקין”
- Russian: “Храм Св. Георгия, исцеления 10 прокаженных”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Jorge”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Jorge”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mosque and The Latenet Churche.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Burkin Church”. Photo: Sylwia Ufnalska, CC BY-SA 4.0.