Middle East
Syria
Aleppo Governorate

Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo

Church of the Holy Cross is an Armenian Catholic Church in the Ouroubeh district of , .
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: Armenian Catholic church in Aleppo, Syria
  • Also known as: “Holy Cross Church” and “Holy Cross Church, Aleppo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Elias Cathedral;Maronite Cathedral and Ri’ayet Al-Shabab Stadium.

Cathedral
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
Saint Elijah Cathedral, is an Eastern Catholic church in , Syria, located in the Christian quarter of al-Jdayde. It is named after the Biblical prophet Elijah. The church was built in 1873, replacing an older Maronite Church. It was renovated in 1914. is situated 590 metres south of Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo.

Stadium
Photo: Spetsnaz1991, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium is a multi-use in the city of . It was opened in 1965 and has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. It is mostly used for football matches and is currently the home ground of the Syrian Premier League club Al-Ittihad. is situated 490 metres north of Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo.

Park
Photo: Spetsnaz 1991, CC BY 2.0.
is a 17-hectare located in . With its hexagonal shape, the park is located in Gare de Baghdad district covering an area between Jamiliyeh and Aziziyeh districts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aleppo and Kafr Hamrah.

Photo: Wurzelgnohm, CC0.
is the largest city in , with a population of 2.1 million in 2021. One of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world, it has a wealth of historical sites, and its old city is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Town
is a village in northern , administratively part of the , in the northwestern suburbs of . Nearby localities include nahiya center Huraytan to the north, to the northwest and Maarat al-Atiq and Babis to the west. is situated 8 km northwest of Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo.

Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo

Latitude
36.2124° or 36° 12′ 45″ north
Longitude
37.15533° or 37° 9′ 19″ east
Open location code
8G8V6564+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 234937578
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q5885146
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة الصليب المقدس”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի (Հալեպ)”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի”
  • Chinese: “圣十字堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه الصليب المقدس”
  • Esperanto: “Kirko de la Sankta Kruco”
  • French: “Église de la Sainte-Croix d’Alep”
  • French: “église de la Sainte-Croix”
  • German: “Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche”
  • Italian: “chiesa della Santa Croce”
  • Italian: “Chiesa della Santa Croce”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Krzyża w Aleppo”
  • Turkish: “Kutsal Haç Kilisesi (Halep)”
  • Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի (Հալէպ)”
  • Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include كنيسة الصليب المقدس and سينما الزهراء.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Church of the Holy Cross, Aleppo”. Photo: Kevorkmail, CC BY-SA 3.0.