Baby Jesus Cathedral (Aleppo)
The Cathedral of the Child Jesus ( Arabic كاتدرائية طفل يسوع, DMG Kātidrāʾīyat Ṭifl Yasūʿ ), due to the Latin rite also Latin Cathedral (الكاتدرائية اللاتينية, DMG al-Kātidrāʾīya al-Lātīnīya ) is the cathedral of the Apostolic Vicariate Aleppo of the Roman Catholic Church in the Syrian city of Aleppo , which was opened in 2011 . She is responsible for the Roman Catholics throughout Syria.
Location
The Cathedral of the Child Jesus is located northwest of Aleppo University on Sultan Bayezid Avenue.
history
From 1937 to 2011, the St. Francis of Assisi Church in the Azizyeh district , built in the 1930s, served as the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo. On January 15, 2011, the new Cathedral of the Child Jesus was consecrated by Cardinal Sandri .
In view of the civil war in Syria since 2011 , the importance of the cathedral as such is not emphasized by the church. Therefore it appears only occasionally in the church media. Although three cathedrals in Aleppo are part of a reconstruction program of the international Catholic aid organization Church in Need (Aid to the Church in Need, ACN), the Christ Child Cathedral, open for worship, is not one of them.
The Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo has been Georges Abou Khazen (* 1947) since November 4, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Former Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Alep, Syria. Gcatholic.org, January 20, 2020.
- ^ A b Cathedral of the Infant Jesus, Alep, Syria. Gcatholic.org, January 20, 2020 and Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo, Syria. Gcatholic.org, May 3, 2020.
- ↑ María Ximena Rondón: In Aleppo, Christians find protection in the world's prayers. Catholic News Agency, April 6, 2017.
- ^ Josué Villalón: A larger group of Christian university students form a real family in the shadows of war. Christians of Syria, August 17, 2018.
- ↑ Syria - ACN embarks on reconstruction programs in Aleppo. ACN International, October 9, 2018.
Coordinates: 36 ° 12 ′ 51.5 ″ N , 37 ° 6 ′ 54.7 ″ E