St. George’s Cathedral
St. George's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, established in 1899. It became the seat of the Bishop of Jerusalem of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, having taken the title from Christ Church, Jerusalem, built 50 years before.Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Neta, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: Anglican cathedral in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “St. George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tombs of the Kings and Orient House.
Tombs of the Kings
Cemetery
Photo: Amit A., Public domain.
The Tombs of the Kings are a rock-cut funerary complex in East Jerusalem believed to be the burial site of Queen Helene of Adiabene, hence: Helena's Monuments.
Orient House
Public building
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orient House is a building located in Jerusalem that served as the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the 1980s and 1990s. Built in 1897 by Ismail Musa Al-Husseini, it has been owned by the Al-Husseini family since. Orient House is situated 160 metres northeast of St. George’s Cathedral.
Damascus Gate
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Damascus Gate is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to Nablus, which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times… Damascus Gate is situated 700 metres south of St. George’s Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bab az-Zahra and Batei Ungarin.
Bab az-Zahra
Suburb
Photo: Sir kiss, Public domain.
Bab az-Zahra is an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, north of the Old City. It is bordered by the American Colony to the north, Wadi al-Joz to the east, Herod's Gate and Damascus Gate on its south, and Mas'udiyyah and Mea Shearim to the west.
Batei Ungarin
Neighborhood
Photo: Sir kiss, Public domain.
Batei Ungarin is a Haredi Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem, north-east of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built by Kolel Ungarin, a Hungarian Jewish charity supporting Jews living in the Land of Israel.
Beit Yisroel
Suburb
Beit Yisrael is a predominantly Haredi neighborhood in central Jerusalem. It is located just north of Mea Shearim. The name Beit Yisrael is taken from the verse in Ezekiel 36:10, in which Ezekiel prophesies to the hills and mountains of Israel, "I shall make…
St. George’s Cathedral
- Categories: Anglican or Episcopal cathedral, place of worship, and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.78787° or 31° 47′ 16″ northLongitude
35.22912° or 35° 13′ 45″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6QH+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 648666161OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q2301947
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“St. George’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس جورج بالقدس”
- Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس جورج”
- Chinese: “圣乔治座堂”
- Chinese: “聖喬治座堂”
- Czech: “Katedrála svatého Jiří”
- French: “Cathedrale Saint-Georges de Jerusalem”
- French: “cathédrale Saint-Georges de Jérusalem”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Georges de Jérusalem”
- German: “Georgskathedrale”
- German: “St. George’s Cathedral”
- German: “St.-Georgs-Kathedrale”
- Hebrew: “קתדרלת סנט ג’ורג‘”
- Hebrew: “קתדרלת סנט ג’ורג’”
- Japanese: “聖ジョージ大聖堂”
- Polish: “Katedra św. Jerzego w Jerozolimie”
- Russian: “Собор Святого Георгия”
- Russian: “Церковь св. Георгия”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Jorge”
- Ukrainian: “Собор Святого Георгія”
- Western Frisian: “Sint-Joariskatedraal (Jeruzalim)”
- Western Frisian: “Sint-Joariskatedraal”
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Notable Places Nearby
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