Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, Damascus
| Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady | |
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| كاتدرائية سيدة النياح للروم الملكيين في دمشق | |
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| Location | Damascus |
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 Syria
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| Denomination | Catholic Church (Greek-Melkite) |
The Holy Cross Cathedral (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 rite in the city of Damascus, the capital of the Asian and Arab country 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 eighteenth century to Rome (Holy See), use 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.
Coordinates: 33°30′30″N 36°18′59″E / 33.5084°N 36.3163°E
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