House and birthplace of Virgin Mary

House and birthplace of Virgin Mary is a church in , which is located on Lion’s Gate. House and birthplace of Virgin Mary is situated nearby to the sally port , as well as near .
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Address: Lion’s Gate, Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pool of Bethesda and Dome of the Rock.

Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in , described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes.

Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
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 340 metres southwest of House and birthplace of Virgin Mary.

Church
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The Church of Saint Anne is a French Catholic church and part of the French national domain in the Holy Land located in the of the Old City of , near the start of the Via Dolorosa, next to the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and Gethsemane.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled . It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.

Locality
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is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the in , where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.

Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

House and birthplace of Virgin Mary

Latitude
31.78085° or 31° 46′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.23669° or 35° 14′ 12″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6JP+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4410141990
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“House and birthplace of Virgin Mary” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منزل ومكان ولادة مريم العذراء”
  • Breton: “Ti genidik ar Werc’hez Vari”
  • French: “Maison natale de la Vierge Marie”
  • Greek: “Σπίτι και τόπος γεννήσεως της Θεοτόκου”
  • Hungarian: “Szűz Mária szülő- és lakóháza”
  • Russian: “Церковь св. Иоакима и Анны (место рождения Богородицы)”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lions’ Gate and Pool of Israel location.

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