Saint Anne Church

The Church of Saint Anne is a French 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 .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as: “Basilique Sainte Anne”, “Church of Saint Anne, Jerusalem”, “Église Sainte-Anne”, “Église Sainte-Anne de Jérusalem / כנסיית סנטה אנה”, “Kapelle von der Ohnmacht Unserer Lieben Frau”, “Saint Anne’s Church”, “Sainte-Anne”, “Sint-Annakerk (Jeruzalem)”, “The Church of St Anne”, “Церковь Святой Анны”, “כנסיית מרים הקדושה של הפרובטיקה”, and “פרובטיקה”
  • Address: שער האריות, Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pool of Bethesda and Dome of the Rock.

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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.

Mosque
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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 390 metres south of Saint Anne Church.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque, is the main congregational mosque or in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of . is situated 590 metres south of Saint Anne Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Jerusalem and Muslim Quarter.

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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.

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.

Saint Anne Church

Latitude
31.78139° or 31° 46′ 53″ north
Longitude
35.23643° or 35° 14′ 11″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6JP+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 126864879
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­basilica
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1551966
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Saint Anne Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديسة حنة”
  • Breton: “iliz santez Anna Jeruzalem”
  • Breton: “Iliz santez Anna Jeruzalem”
  • Breton: “Iliz Santez Anna Jeruzalem”
  • Catalan: “església de santa Anna”
  • Chinese: “圣亚纳教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖亞納教堂”
  • Czech: “kostel svaté Anny”
  • Czech: “Kostel svaté Anny”
  • Czech: “svatá Anna”
  • Dutch: “Sint Annakerk”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Annakerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه حنه (القدس)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه حنه”
  • French: “église Sainte-Anne de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Église Sainte-Anne de Jérusalem”
  • German: “Sankt Anna Kirche”
  • German: “Sankt-Anna-Kirche”
  • German: “St.-Anna-Kirche”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית סנטה אנה”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Anna-templom”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santa Anna, Yerusalem”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Sant’Anna”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Sant’Anna”
  • Italian: “Sant’Anna”
  • Japanese: “聖アンナ教会”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سنت آن، اورشلیم”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Anny w Jerozolimie”
  • Polish: “Bazylika świętej Anny”
  • Romanian: “Biserica catolică „Sfânta Ana””
  • Romanian: “Biserica Sfânta Ana din Ierusalim”
  • Russian: “Базилика Святой Анны”
  • Russian: “Церковь Св. Анны”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Santa Ana”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Ana”
  • Turkish: “Saint Anne Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Святої Анни”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква святої Анни”
  • Urdu: “کلیسائے سینٹ حنہ”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Annatsjerke (Jeruzalim)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Annatsjerke”

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