Viri Galilaei Church

The Viri Galilaei Church is a Greek Orthodox church located at the northern peak of the in eastern , . It is part of the Monastery of Little Galilee on the Mount of Olives, which belongs to the , and serves as the private residence of the Patriarch.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: church building in East Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount of Olives and Dome of the Rock.

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.

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 1 km southwest of Viri Galilaei 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 1 km southwest of Viri Galilaei Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include At-Tur and Gethsemane.

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

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.

Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Viri Galilaei Church

Latitude
31.78242° or 31° 46′ 57″ north
Longitude
35.24486° or 35° 14′ 42″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6JV+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280394876
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q2527829
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Viri Galilaei Church” goes by many names.

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