Church of the Dormition of Our Lady (Aleppo)

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Dormition Church 2011
Nocturnal view, 2009

The Church of the Dormition of Our Lady ( Arabic كنيسة رقاد السيدة العذراء Kanisa riqad as-Sayida al-eadhra ' , French église de la Dormition-de-la-Mère-de-Dieu ) is a historic Greek Orthodox church from the 15th century in al- Judaide (Jdeydé), the Christian quarter of the Syrian city ​​of Aleppo . The church building is home to over 100 icons and iconostases from the Aleppo School. After severe damage in the civil war, reconstruction began in 2018.

history

The Dormition Church was built around 1500 in an area of ​​Judaide, also known as al-Saliba (الصليبة as-Saliba , fromالصليب as-Salib 'the cross') became known.

The Dormition Church was first mentioned in an Armenian manuscript by Movses Vardapet - as one of three churches that were enlarged and renovated by the donation of the Armenian nobleman Reyis Baron Yesayi . The other two churches were the Forty Martyrs Cathedral and the Maronite Cathedral of Saint Elias .

The Italian traveling salesman Pietro Della Valle , who visited Aleppo in 1625, mentioned the Greek Orthodox Church as the Church of St. George and as one of the four churches lined up within a gate in the newly founded Christian quarter of Judaide. The other three churches were the Armenian Church of the Forty Martyrs, the Armenian Holy Mother of God Church (the current Zarehian Treasury), and the old Maronite Church of Saint Elias.

In 1822 the church was badly damaged by an earthquake, but was later rebuilt.

During the civil war in Syria , the Dormition Church was severely damaged by shelling on the roof, the central dome and the vault. Restoration work began in 2018. In April of that year, the church, which was still being rebuilt, was reopened for Easter mass.

Web links

Commons : Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Aleppo)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (كنيسة رقاد السيدة العذراء, in Arabic). Qenshrin.com (Message: A working group for the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was organized by decision of the parish council, aims: restoration and maintenance, establishment of a museum).
  2. ↑ Feras Krimsti: The 1850 Uprising in Aleppo. Reconsidering the Explanatory Power of Sectarian Argumentation. In: Ulrike Freitag, Nelida Fuccaro, Claudia Ghrawi, Nora Lafi (Eds.): Urban Violence in the Middle East: Changing Cityscapes in the Transition from Empire to Nation State. Berghahn Books, New York / Oxford 2015, pp. 141–163, here p. 149.
  3. ↑ Manuscript No. 70, Author: Movses Vardapet, found in April 2000, kept in the Zarehian Museum of the Forty Martyrs Cathedral
  4. ^ Ross Burns, Stefan Knost: The Judayda (“the little new”) Quarter, Introduction. Gerda Henkel Foundation , October 10, 2019.
  5. ^ The Dormition of our Lady (Al-Saydé) Greek Orthodox Church, Al-Jedaydeh District - Christians of Syria. Christians in Syria. ACN Syria - Aid to the Church in Need in Syria, accessed April 24, 2020.
  6. ↑ Alaaeddin Haddad, Issam Ballouz, Rami Alafandi, York Rieffel: Al-Judayda Churches, Rapid Damage Assessment. Gerda Henkel Foundation , October 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ Paul Antonopulos: Christian Worshipers Return To Aleppo Church After Eight Years Of War. FRN, April 7, 2018.

Coordinates: 36 ° 12 ′ 21.7 ″  N , 37 ° 9 ′ 20.8 ″  E