Alexander Nevsky Church (Jerusalem)

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Alexander Nevsky Church

The Alexander Nevsky Church is a church in the Alexanderhof of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in the Christian Quarter in the old city of Jerusalem .

Surname

The Alexander Nevsky Church was named after St. Alexander Yaroslawitsch Newski .

geography

The Alexander Nevsky Church ⊙ located in the corner between Suq Khan ez-time and English Suq ed Dabbagha , Arabic  سوق الدباغة, DMG sūq ad-dabbāġa  'Market of the Tanners ', Hebrew שוק הצבעים suq ha-tswa'im , German 'market of colors' . It is located in the Alexanderhof . This is located southeast of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher ⊙ in the area of ​​the Temenos, built in the 2nd century under Hadrian, on the site of the Constantinian Resurrection Basilica.

history

During the construction work on Alexanderhof from 1887 to 1891, the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society decided to integrate a house church into the building. However, this decision was kept secret. First, they feared difficulties on the part of the Jerusalem patriarch Nicodemus of Jerusalem because the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was only 70 meters away. Second, it was feared that the authorities of the Ottoman Empire might object to this. The secrecy was achieved until 1890, then the shape of the building revealed the planned church.

A visit by Crown Prince Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov has now been prepared. He should personally ask the Sultan for permission to build the church. At that time the church building was already completed on an area of ​​1342 m². The iconostasis still leaned against the wall. 30 icons were already attached to the side walls. But it was not until April 1896 that a permit for the church was obtained. This was then consecrated on May 22, 1896 by the Patriarch of Jerusalem Gerasim .

In 2006, the 110th anniversary of the consecration of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral took place. The service was held by the Berlin Metropolitan Mark . The Moscow Metropolitan Kyrill turned up surprisingly . Both priests then prayed together. This was seen by believers as a sign of hope that Belarusian and Red Russian Orthodoxy would bury their dispute in the face of the threat from Islam .

description

The church has an iconostasis in two rows. Its walls are adorned with icons and paintings by Nikolai Andrejewitsch Koschelew , who visited Jerusalem for this purpose in 1891. In the east wall behind the altar there is a stained glass window in Russian Art Nouveau style.

literature

  • Max Küchler : Jerusalem: A Handbook and Study Guide to the Holy City (Places and Landscapes of the Bible, Vol. IV, 2) , Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007, ISBN 978-3-525-50170-2

Web links

Commons : Alexander Nevsky Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Max Küchler: Jerusalem: A Handbook and Study Travel Guide to the Holy City , Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht; 2007, ISBN 978-3-525-50170-2 , pp. 412-415
  2. ^ Alexander Nevsky Church at OSM. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ Храм св. Благоверного князя Александра Невского at jerusalem-ippo.org. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "Alexander Newski Cathedral" in Jerusalem at theologische-links.de. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ Russia next to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher at die-tagespost.de. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ Commentary by Johannes Gerloff (Jerusalem) at israelnetz.com. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  7. ^ Church of St Alexander Nevsky at seetheholyland.net. Retrieved May 9, 2020.