Annunciation Cathedral, Jerusalem
For other churches of the same name, see Annunciation Cathedral.
| Annunciation Cathedral | |
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| Location | Jerusalem |
| Country |
 Israel |
| Denomination | Catholic (Melkite Greek Catholic rite) |
The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin,[1] also called Greek Catholic Melkite Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin or simply Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation,[2] is the name given to a Catholic religious building of Byzantine rite (Greek Melkite) located in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem.[3]
It serves as the headquarters of the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East (Archieparchia Hierosolymitana Melchitarum) whose patriarch since 1772 is responsible for the Jerusalem Melkites by the encyclical Orientalium dignitas of Pope Leo XIII.
The building as part of the Old City of Jerusalem is World Heritage of Unesco since 1981.
See also
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Fresco of Christ in the Cathedral
References
- ↑ Greek-Melkite Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin, Jerusalem
- ↑ "The Catholic Church Of The Holy Land » Territorial Parishes Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Jerusalem". catholicchurch-holyland.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
- ↑ Liles, Martha. "Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Holy Land - (Patriarchal See of Jerusalem / Al Quds / The Holy One, Holy Land)". www.mliles.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
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