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The Church of the Seat of Mary (Latin: Ecclesia Kathismatis, from Greek: κάθισμα, romanized: kathisma, lit. 'seat'), Church of the Kathisma or Old Kathisma being the name mostly used in literature, was a 5th-century Byzantine church in the Holy Land, located between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, on what is today known as Hebron Road [].
The Church of Saint Mary of the Germans [1] [2] [3] (Hebrew: כנסיית מרים של הגרמנים; Latin: Santa Maria Alemannorum or Santa Maria Alemanna) [4] was a Catholic church, built in Romanesque style, now in ruins, located in the Old City of Jerusalem [1] on the northeast slope of Mount Zion.
Different researchers have identified them differently, but Conrad Schick and most modern researchers see St Mary of the Latins as being one and the same as St Mary Minor, [1] its ruins now built over by the German Protestant Church of the Redeemer. The remains of St Mary Major have completely disappeared under the 1901 Greek Aftimos Market. [2]
Jerusalem: the Convent and Church of Mary Magdalene. [11] Jerusalem: the Convent of the Ascension, with a church and bell tower. [12] It is on the Mount of Olives, near the Chapel of the Ascension (which is not an Orthodox property). Wadi Faran : Skete of Saint Chariton [11] (see here: [13])
The abbey was built near a Byzantine church containing the shrine of Mary's Assumption. The first monks of the abbey were from Godfrey's entourage. They managed the Church of Saint Mary, the Grotto of the Agony, and the Church of Gethsemane, all located near the Mount of Olives. [2] Arnulf of Chocques renovated the church in 1112.
The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Hebrew: כנסיית גבירתנו הדואבת), [1] or the Church of Sorrows of Mary, also called the Armenian Chapel of Our Lady of the Spasm, is an Armenian Catholic church building in the Old City of Jerusalem [2] erected in 1881. [3]
The upper church was destroyed by Saladin in 1187, its masonry being used to repair the walls of Jerusalem. Saladin left the lower church intact, but removed all the Christian imagery from it. [8] In the second half of the 14th century Franciscan friars rebuilt [clarification needed] the church once more. [citation needed]
The New Church of the Theotokos, or New Church of the Mother of God, was a Byzantine church erected in Jerusalem by Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565). Like the later Nea Ekklesia (Νέα Ἐκκλησία) in Constantinople , it is sometimes referred to in English as " the Nea " or the " Nea Church ".