Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition

Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady
كاتدرائية سيدة النياح للروم الملكيين في دمشق
Location Damascus
Country  Syria
Denomination Catholic Church (Greek-Melkite)

The Holy Cross Cathedral [1] (Arabic: كاتدرائية سيدة النياح للروم الملكيين في دمشق‎ ) also called Greek-Melkite Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady is the Catholic cathedral of Melkite Greek Church[2] in the city of Damascus,[3] the capital of Syria. It is the seat of the Melkite Archieparchia of Damascus (Latin: Archieparchia Damascena Graecorum Melkitarum) dependent on the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch which includes about 150,000 baptized and twenty parishes with fifty priests. Its faithful, assigned from the 18th century to the Holy See in Rome, employs the Arabic language and the Byzantine rite.

The Archbishop Vicar (or Eparca) since 2006 is Bishop Joseph Absi, former Superior General of the Society of Missionaries of St. Paul. The cathedral is dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin, an event that describes the Catholic belief about the assumption of Mary without going through death.

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References

  1. ↑ Our Lady of Dormition Cathedral, Damascus
  2. ↑ Correspondent, a Times Special (2013-09-09). "Damascus residents fear a U.S. strike will bring rebel onslaught". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  3. ↑ "ADDRESS TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN DAMASCUS". www.ewtn.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.

Coordinates: 33°30′30″N 36°18′59″E / 33.5084°N 36.3163°E / 33.5084; 36.3163

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