Chapel of the Ascension

The Chapel of the Ascension is a chapel and shrine located on the , in the At-Tur district of Jerusalem. Part of a larger complex, historically it started as part of a Christian church and monastery, which later became an Islamic …
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount of Olives and Church of the Pater Noster.

Peak
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The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

Church
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The is a Catholic church located on the in . It is part of a Carmelite monastery of cloistered nuns, also known as the Sanctuary of the Eleona.

Place of worship
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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 1 km west of Chapel of the Ascension.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gethsemane and At-Tur.

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.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood on the approximately 1 km east of the Old City of . is situated in , occupied and later effectively annexed by Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967.

Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in , located on the , near the Palestinian neighborhood of . In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.

Chapel of the Ascension

Latitude
31.77891° or 31° 46′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.24504° or 35° 14′ 42″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6HW+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 156839219
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Wiki­data ID
Q773726
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Chapel of the Ascension” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة الصعود”
  • Central Kurdish: “کڵێسای بەرزبوونەوە، ئورشەلیم”
  • Chinese: “耶稣升天小堂”
  • Czech: “kaple Nanebevstoupení Páně”
  • Czech: “Kaple Nanebevstoupení Páně”
  • Czech: “Nanebevstoupení Páně”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة الصعود”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد كنيسه الصعود”
  • Esperanto: “Kapelo de la Supreniro”
  • Finnish: “Ylösnousemuskirkko”
  • French: “Chapelle de l’Ascension”
  • French: “église de l’Ascension”
  • German: “Himmelfahrtskapelle”
  • Hebrew: “כיפת העלייה”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית העליה”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית העלייה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד העלייה”
  • Hungarian: “Mennybemenetel kápolna”
  • Hungarian: “Mennybemenetel kápolnája”
  • Italian: “cappella dell’Ascensione”
  • Italian: “Cappella dell’Ascensione”
  • Italian: “chiesa dell’Ascensione”
  • Italian: “Chiesa dell’Ascensione”
  • Korean: “예수승천기념경당”
  • Malayalam: “സ്വർഗ്ഗാരോഹണ പള്ളി, ജറൂസലേം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Himmelsfartskapellet”
  • Norwegian: “Himmelsfartskapellet”
  • Persian: “کلیسای الصعود”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Wniebowstąpienia”
  • Polish: “Kaplica Wniebowstąpienia w Jerozolimie”
  • Polish: “Kaplica Wniebowstąpienia”
  • Polish: “Kopuła Wniebowstąpienia”
  • Portuguese: “Capela da Ascensão (Jerusalém)”
  • Portuguese: “Capela da Ascensão”
  • Russian: “Капелла Вознесения, Масличная гора, Иерусалим”
  • Russian: “Храм Вознесения на Елеонской горе”
  • Russian: “часовня Вознесения”
  • Serbian: “Храм Вазнесења на Маслинској гори”
  • Slovak: “Kaplnka Nanebovstúpenia Pána (Jeruzalem)”
  • Slovak: “Kaplnka Nanebovstúpenia Pána”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de la Ascension”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de la Ascensión”
  • Swedish: “Himmelsfärdskapellet”
  • Tamil: “விண்ணேற்றச் சிறுதேவாலயம்”
  • Tamil: “விண்ணேற்றச் சிற்றாலயம்”
  • Turkish: “Rabia Adeviyye Zaviyesi ve Türbesi”
  • Turkish: “Yükseliş Şapeli”
  • Ukrainian: “каплиця Вознесіння”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Вознесіння”
  • Urdu: “گرجا صعود”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà nguyện Chúa lên trời”
  • Western Frisian: “Himelfeartskapel (Jeruzalim)”
  • Western Frisian: “Himelfeartskapel”

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