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The muezzin (/ m (j) u ˈ ɛ z ɪ n /; [1] Arabic: مُؤَذِّن) is the person who proclaims the call to the daily prayer five times a day (Fajr prayer, Zuhr prayer, Asr prayer, Maghrib prayer and Isha prayer) at a mosque from the minaret. [2] [3] The muezzin plays an important role in ensuring an accurate prayer schedule for the Muslim ...
According to official figures, Catholics made up 3.12 percent of the population in 2018. [2] The number of Catholics is, therefore, more than 8.3 million. Indonesia is primarily Muslim, but Catholicism is the dominant faith in certain areas of the country.
Promoted on 3 January 1961 to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Djakarta, making it directly dependent on the Holy See. It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope Paul VI on 3–4 December 1970. Renamed on 22 August 1973 as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jakarta. It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II on 9–14 October 1989.
Jakarta Cathedral (Indonesian: Gereja Katedral Jakarta, Dutch: Kathedraal van Jakarta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jakarta, which is also the seat of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Jakarta, currently Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo. [1]
Adhān, Arabic for 'announcement', from the root adhina, meaning 'to listen, to hear, be informed about', is variously transliterated in different cultures. [1] [2]It is commonly written as athan, or adhane (in French), [1] azan in Iran and south Asia (in Persian, Dari, Pashto, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, and Punjabi), adzan in Southeast Asia (Indonesian and Malaysian), and ezan in Turkish, Bosnian ...
Jakarta The Gereja Santa Perawan Maria Ratu Paroki Blok Q ( Indonesian for "Church of the Queen Saint Mary the Virgin Parish of Block Q"), [ 1 ] abbreviated as Gereja SPMR Blok Q , [ 2 ] or also known as the Gereja Santa is a Catholic parish church in Jakarta , Indonesia .
Indonesia's 29.4 million Christians constituted 10.47% of the country's population in 2023, with 7.41% Protestant (20.8 million) and 3.06% Catholic (8.6 million). Some provinces in Indonesia are majority Christian. In Indonesia, the word Kristen (lit. ' Christian ') refers to Protestantism, while Catholicism is referred to as Katolik.
St. Ursula Catholic School or Sekolah Menengah Katolik Santa Ursula is an all-female Catholic school located in Jakarta, Indonesia. [1] It is located next to Jakarta Cathedral and Filateli Post Office .