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View towards the Temple Mount and other Jerusalem landscape. Entrance to the Church. The Church of Mary Magdalene (Russian: Церковь Святой Марии Магдалины; Arabic: كنيسة القديسة مريم المجدلية; Hebrew: כנסיית מריה מגדלנה) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church located on the Mount of Olives, directly across the Kidron Valley ...
Baptismal site in Jordan, Russian Pilgrims Residence [5] Jerusalem, the Russian Compound: the Holy Trinity Cathedral [5] and the church of St. Alexandra the Martyr Queen; Ein Karem, the Gorny Convent [5] with three churches: the Cathedral of All Russian Saints, the Church of Our Lady of Kazan, and the cave church of St. John the Baptist
The Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem (Russian: Русская духовная миссия в Иерусалиме, lit. 'Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem') was founded in the 19th century to serve as a representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem and to oversee the facilities caring for the thousands of pilgrims then ...
The Russian Orthodox Convent of the Ascension, built in 1870, is located about 200 meters northeast of the chapel. [18] It now houses about 40 nuns. [19] Across the street stands the Muslim Makassed Hospital. Further away to the northeast is the German Protestant Ascension Church, part of the Augusta Victoria compound.
The Holy Trinity Cathedral (Russian: Свято-Троицкий собор, Hebrew: קתדרלת השילוש הקדוש) is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, located at the heart of the so-called Russian Compound in central Jerusalem.
The Russian Compound (Hebrew: מִגְרַשׁ הָרוּסִים, Migraš ha-Rusim, Arabic: المسكوبية, al-Muskubīya, Russian: Русское подворье в Иерусалиме) is one of the oldest districts in central Jerusalem, featuring a large Russian Orthodox church, the Russian-owned Sergei's Courtyard and the premises of ...
While the first Russian Orthodox archimandrite arrived in Palestine in 1844, [1] Russia's focus on the area began when Napoleon III took over control of France in an 1851 coup d'état and moved to seize control of properties in the Holy Land held by members of the Greek Orthodox Church (GOC).
Pages in category "Russian Orthodox churches in Jerusalem" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Jerusalem; Church of Mary Magdalene; R.