Church of Our Lady of the Spasm, Jerusalem

Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Location Jerusalem
Country  Israel
Denomination Catholic (Armenian Catholic Church)

The Our Lady of Sorrows Church[1] or The Church of Sorrows of Mary also called Armenian Chapel of Our Lady of the Spasm is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Armenian Catholic Church, one of the sui juris, autonomous Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Pope in Rome, which is located on the Via Dolorosa, under the Arc Ecce Homo in Jerusalem.

The temple belongs to the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate. The building not far from the Austrian Hospice - in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, and includes a chapel dedicated to the Virgin. The facility is also the Armenian hospice in Jerusalem, and the seat of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Jerusalem,[2] so also it enjoys the status of Armenian rite Catholic Cathedral.[3]

It was built in 1881.[4] The church complex is the station 4 on the Via Dolorosa,[5] commemorating Jesus encounter on the way to the crucifixion with his mother. Since 1981 as part of the Old City of Jerusalem is a world heritage site of Unesco.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ «Church of Our Lady of Suffering - Armenian catholic - Jerusalem Articles».
  2. ↑ "Our Lady of Sorrows « See The Holy Land". www.seetheholyland.net. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  3. 1 2 "Church of Our Lady of the Spasm, Jerusalem, Israel (Armenian)". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  4. ↑ Israel, a Phaidon Art and Architecture Guide. Prentice Hall Press. 1987-01-01. ISBN 9780135063200.
  5. ↑ "Via Dolorosa, the extended version". Hotel Eden Tiberias. 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
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Coordinates: 31°46′48″N 35°13′57″E / 31.7799°N 35.2324°E / 31.7799; 35.2324

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