George's Cathedral (Latakia)

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The Cathedral of St. George or George's Cathedral ( Arabic كنيسة مار جرجس or كاتدرائية مار جرجس) is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Latakia of the Greek Orthodox Church in Latakia in Syria .

Location

The church is located in the city center of Latakia on the north side of the Suq al-Sagha (سوق الصاغة, "Goldsmiths Market") about 20 m west of Schukri-al-Quwatli Street (شارع شكري القوتلي). About 400 m to the west, on Mutanabbi Street (شارع المتنبي), there is a second Greek Orthodox Church, the Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel (كنيسة رئيسي الملائكة ميخائيل و جبرائيل). Two much older, but also more inconspicuous Greek Orthodox churches are even closer: just one block south of the Church of the Blessed Virgin and around 300 m northeast of the Church of St. Nicholas , and in close proximity to the latter is the Armenian Church of the Holy Mother of God . The Soufan Mosque (مسجد صوفان).

history

The Greek Orthodox Church has been present in Latakia for a very long time, but its current cathedral is more recent. The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas from the 6th century and the Church of the Blessed Virgin from before the 8th century , for example, are much older . St. George's Cathedral at Goldschmied-Suq in the center of Latakia was built between 1936 and 1940 with donations from numerous personalities from the Greek Orthodox Church. Since then, it has been visible from afar as the largest church in the city with its three domes.

architecture

The church, made of light stone, has a rectangular floor plan. In the middle of the flat roof it has a large, ogival cupola and two smaller cupolas on the west side. A narrow edge area of ​​the flat roof is around half a story lower around the whole building than the larger, middle area of ​​the flat roof. The west wall has five large arched windows and two narrow arched windows close to each other on each edge.

Diocese and bishop

George's Cathedral Latakia is the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Latakia of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch . Athanasios (Fahed), born in Latakia in 1965, has been the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Latakia since 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church of Saint Nicholas, Lattakia / Latakia / Latakkia, Syria, Greek Orthodox. St. Nicholas Center, accessed June 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Joseph Huneycutt: Syria: The Virgin and St Thekla in Latakia. Patheos.com, May 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ المعالم الأثريَّة الباقية في مدينة اللاذقيَّة [The remaining monuments in the city of Latakia]. Syr-Res.com, accessed June 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ منظرٌ عامٌّ المدينة اللاذقيَّة عام . Syrmh.com, accessed June 9, 2020 (with 1954 cityscape image).
  5. ↑ archdioceses - Lattakia and Dependencies - Lattakia - His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Athanasisos (Fahed). Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, accessed June 9, 2020.

Coordinates: 35 ° 31 ′ 6.9 ″  N , 35 ° 46 ′ 42.5 ″  E