Saint Andrews

St Andrew's Church, also known as the Scots Memorial Church, is a church in , built as a memorial to the Scottish soldiers who were killed fighting the Turkish Army during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of the First World War, bringing to an end Ottoman rule over Palestine.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church
  • Also known as: “St Andrew’s Church, Jerusalem”
  • Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gehenna and Ketef Hinnom.

Meadow
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or Gehinnom is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology. is situated 200 metres northeast of Saint Andrews.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site discovered in the 1970s southwest of the . Archaeological excavations held at the site uncovered a series of Iron Age period Judahite burial chambers, dating to the 7th and 6th centuries BCE.

Museum
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The is the official state memorial commemorating Menachem Begin, sixth Prime Minister. The center is located on the Hinnom Ridge, overlooking and walls of the Old City of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Zion and Yemin Moshe.

Suburb
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Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.

Neighborhood
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is a historic neighborhood in , overlooking the Old City.

Suburb
The is a neighborhood in , established in the second half of the 19th century as a German Templer colony in Palestine. Today "the Moshava", as it is popularly known, is an upscale neighborhood bisected by Street, an avenue lined with trendy shops, restaurants and cafes.

Saint Andrews

Latitude
31.76892° or 31° 46′ 8″ north
Longitude
35.22526° or 35° 13′ 31″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ69G+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 161067744
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q501531
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Saint Andrews” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس أندرو (القدس)”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس أندرو”
  • Chinese: “圣安德烈教堂 (耶路撒冷)”
  • Chinese: “圣安德烈教堂”
  • Czech: “Kostel svatého Ondřeje”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس اندرو”
  • French: “Église écossaise Saint-André de Jérusalem”
  • French: “église écossaise Saint-André”
  • German: “Andreaskirche”
  • German: “Kapelle von der Ohnmacht Unserer Lieben Frau”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסיה הסקוטית (ירושלים)”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית אנדראס הקדוש (ירושלים)”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית אנדרו הקדוש”
  • Hebrew: “סט. אנדריוז”
  • Hungarian: “Szent András templom”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Andrzeja w Jerozolimie”
  • Romanian: “Biserica anglicană „Sf. Andrei””
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Andrés”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Andrés”

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