Palestine
Gaza Strip
Gaza Governorate

Holy Family Church

The Holy Family Church of is the only Catholic church in , . The parish includes a school which provides a Christian education to children in Gaza, and it works closely with the nearby religious congregations of the Missionaries of Charity, Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará, and the Rosary Sisters.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Gaza
  • Also known as: “Holy Family Church, Gaza”
  • Address: Gaza, 00972

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palestine Stadium and Al-Shifa Hospital.

Stadium
is located in , , . It is the national and the home of Palestine national football team. The stadium's capacity is around 10,000. is situated 240 metres south of Holy Family Church.

Hospital
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is the largest medical complex and central hospital in the , Palestine, located in the neighborhood of northern in . is situated 1 km west of Holy Family Church.

Community center
Photo: Raedwahid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The was a cultural center built in 1985, in , , . The place was named after its founder Rashad al-Shawa, the city's Palestinian mayor who served in office for 11 years. is situated 1 km southwest of Holy Family Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ash-Shati Refugee Camp and Tal El Hawa.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
Al-Shati, also known as Shati or Beach camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the northern along the Mediterranean Sea coastline in the , and more specifically .

Suburb
Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tel al-Hawa is a neighborhood in the southern part of the Palestinian city of . Incorporated by the Palestinian National Authority in the late 1990s, Tel al-Hawa is one of the more affluent areas of the city. is situated 2½ km southwest of Holy Family Church.

Town
Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also spelled Jabalya, is a city in the , , located 4 kilometers north of , in the of the . is situated 3 km east of Holy Family Church.

Holy Family Church

Latitude
31.52416° or 31° 31′ 27″ north
Longitude
34.45203° or 34° 27′ 7″ east
Open location code
8G3PGFF2+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4807243696
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q15958519
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Holy Family Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة العائلة المقدسة للاتين (غزة)”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة العائلة المقدسة للاتين”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة العائلة المقدسة”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Ailə kilsəsi (Qəzzə)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Ailə kilsəsi”
  • Catalan: “Església de la Sagrada Família de Gaza”
  • Catalan: “Església de la Sagrada Família”
  • Chinese: “加沙圣家堂”
  • Chinese: “加沙聖家堂”
  • Czech: “Kostel Svaté rodiny (Gaza)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة العائله المقدسه للاتين (غزه)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة العائله المقدسه للاتين”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän perheen kirkko”
  • French: “église de la Sainte-Famille de Gaza”
  • French: “Église de la Sainte-Famille de Gaza”
  • French: “Église de la Sainte-Famille”
  • German: “Kirche der Heiligen Familie”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית המשפחה הקדושה”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Keluarga Kudus, Gaza”
  • Italian: “chiesa della Sacra Famiglia”
  • Italian: “Chiesa della Sacra Famiglia”
  • Japanese: “聖家族教会”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den hellige families kirke (Gaza)”
  • Norwegian: “Den hellige families kirke”
  • Polish: “Kościół Świętej Rodziny w Gazie”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja Católica da Sagrada Família de Gaza”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja da Sagrada Família, Gaza”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de la Sagrada Familia”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de la Sagrada Familia”

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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 “Holy Family Church”. Photo: Dan Palraz, CC BY-SA 4.0.