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Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral (consecrated 1764, Arabic: كاتدرائية القديس جاورجيوس للروم الارثوذكس) is the seat of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and its dependencies.
The Patriarchal Cathedral Church of St. George (Greek: Πατριαρχικός Ναός του Αγίου Γεωργίου; Turkish: Aya Yorgi Kilisesi) is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral located in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and, as Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453, and of the Ottoman Empire until ...
Saint George Church and Monastery. Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Greek: Εκκλησία και Μοναστήρι του Αγίου Γεωργίου) is an Orthodox church and monastery located in Acre, Israel. It dates back to 16th century and is built on the ruins of a Byzantine church. [1] The walls of the church were covered with ...
The cathedral is dedicated to Saint George.The church interior includes an iconostasis with 33 icons, historical pictures above both choirs (coronation of Stefan the First-Crowned and Saint Sava pacifying his brothers Stefan and Vukan), as well as two large throne icons of Saint Sava and Virgin Mary, painted by renowned academic Paja Jovanović, which are considered to be his best ...
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George in Prizren, burned during the unrest of 2004. Cathedral of Saint George in Prizren (Serbian: Саборни храм Светог Ђорђа у Призрену, romanized: Saborni hram Svetog Đorđa u Prizrenu; Albanian: Katedrala e Shën Gjergjit në Prizren) is the Cathedral church of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren, located in ...
The Cathedral of Saint George is a Syriac Orthodox cathedral located in Bab Tuma district, in Old Damascus, Syria. The Cathedral acts as the seat of the Syriac Orthodox Church since 1959. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It houses the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch , currently Ignatius Aphrem II .
The Church of Saint George (Arabic: كنيسة القديس جيورجوس or كنيسة مار جريس, Hebrew: כנסיית גאורגיוס הקדוש קוטל הדרקון, "Church of Saint George the dragonslayer") [1] in the city of Lod is a Greek Orthodox church containing a sarcophagus venerated as the tomb of the fourth-century Christian martyr Saint George.
The cathedral, believed to be the oldest Greek Orthodox church in Africa, [3] is a Neoclassical church built as St George's Church in 1903–1904 by the Greek community. [4] The interior is noted for its frescoes in the Byzantine style. [1] In 1968 the church was elevated to the status of cathedral. [4]