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St. Francis Church (Arabic: كنيسة القديس فرنسيس) is a church on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The church is part of the Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex that includes a mosque, a synagogue, and a church, built with the aim of promoting Interfaith dialogue. [1] The church is named after St ...
The foundation for St. Joseph's Cathedral was laid in 1962. In October 1963, work began for the first church in Abu Dhabi, and the foundation stone was blessed in February 1964, on a plot of land along the present Corniche, donated by Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi at that time. Fr. Barnabas Madii undertook the task of constructing the Church and a residence for the ...
The first Catholic Church in Abu Dhabi was established on Corniche Road in 1965, and the Parish of St. Joseph's Church was founded in 1974. As the Catholic community in Abu Dhabi grew, there was a need for a larger church. In 2007, a new project was launched to construct a bigger and more modern church, and the reconstruction began in 2013.
Mary, Mother of Jesus Mosque, also called in Arabic, Maryam Umm Eisa Masjid (Arabic: مسجد مريم أم عيسى عليهما السلام, Masjid Maryam Umm ‘Īsā) is a mosque located in Al Mushrif, a central neighborhood in the city of Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
The Abrahamic Family House (Arabic: بيت العائلة الإبراهيمية) is an interfaith complex on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi which houses a mosque, a church, and synagogue. The undertaking was inspired by the Document on Human Fraternity signed by Pope Francis on behalf of the Catholic Church and Ahmed El-Tayeb on behalf of the al ...
On 3 February 2019, Pope Francis landed in Abu Dhabi [3] and was greeted by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and then Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar University, which serves as the lead source for Sunni Islam education and Chairman of the Muslim Council ...
Cathedral St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia ( Latin : Vicariatus Apostolicus Arabiæ Meridionalis ; Arabic : النيابة الرسولية من جنوب الجزيرة العربية ) is an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church with territorial jurisdiction over Oman , United Arab Emirates and ...
The St. Paul's Church [1] is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the area of Mussafah in Abu Dhabi, [2] the United Arab Emirates. [3] It is the second Catholic church to be built in the emirate since 1965 [ 4 ] when the St. Joseph Cathedral was built.