St. John the Baptist Church
St. John the Baptist Church is a church in Haifa District, Israel which is located on הפרסים. St. John the Baptist Church is situated nearby to Saint Luke Church, as well as near the church Beit Eliahu.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Address: 3 הפרסים, חיפה
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beit HaGefen and Haifa Museum of Art.
Beit HaGefen
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
The Beit Ha'Gefen Arab-Jewish Cultural Center in Haifa, Israel, is a multi-cultural organization that aims to bring together Arabs and Jews and promote coexistence and tolerance. Beit HaGefen is situated 210 metres south of St. John the Baptist Church.
Haifa Museum of Art
Museum
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The Haifa Museum of Art, established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930s in Wadi Nisnas, downtown Haifa. Ranking as Israel's third largest art museum, the museum focuses on Israeli and international contemporary art, and its collection includes 7,000 items, mostly of contemporary Israeli art. Haifa Museum of Art is situated 310 metres south of St. John the Baptist Church.
Saint Elijah Cathedral
Church
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St. Elijah Cathedral, also called St. Elias Greek-Melkite Cathedral, is the Melkite cathedral in Haifa, serving the Greek-Catholics of the Byzantine rite making up the majority of Christians in both Haifa and Israel. Saint Elijah Cathedral is situated 300 metres northeast of St. John the Baptist Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wadi Nisnas and German Colony.
Wadi Nisnas
Suburb
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Wadi Nisnas is a predominantly Arab neighborhood in the city of Haifa, with a population of about 8,000 inhabitants.
German Colony
Suburb
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The German Colony is an area of Haifa established in 1868 as a Christian German Templer Colony in Ottoman Palestine. It was the first of several colonies established by the group in the Holy Land.
Haifa
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Haifa is the third largest city in Israel and the largest city in the north of the country with a population of 282,000. The city is located on Israel's Mediterranean shoreline, on Mount Carmel and at its foot.
St. John the Baptist Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.81778° or 32° 49′ 4″ northLongitude
34.99193° or 34° 59′ 31″ eastOpen location code
8G4PRX9R+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 190109310OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodox
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In Other Languages
“St. John the Baptist Church” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “כנסיית יוחנן המטביל (יוונית-אורתודוקסית)”
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