Location Jerusalem | Country Israel | |
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Denomination Catholic (Melkite Greek Catholic rite) Similar Al‑Buraq mosque, Co‑Cathedral of the Most Holy Nam, Al‑Khanqah al‑Salahiyya Mosque, Church of Our Lady of the Spas, Church of Saint John the Baptis | ||
The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin, also called Greek Catholic Melkite Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin or simply Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, is the name given to a Catholic religious building of Byzantine rite (Greek Melkite) located in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem.
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.
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Cathedral of the Annunciation, Jerusalem Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA