Syriac Orthodox Church of St. George
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The Church of Saint George ( Arabic كنيسة مار جرجس) is a church of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch in the Syrian city of Aleppo . It is in the Old Syrian Quarter (حي السريان القديم).
Location
The church is on Syrische Strasse ( Arabic شارع السريان) in the Old Syrian Quarter (حي السريان القديم) at its south-western end on the south side, about 30 m before it joins Urfa -Alee (جادة اورفا).
history
Aleppo has had a Syrian Orthodox community for a long time, but in the 18th century many of these Christian Syrians , the majority of whom lived in al-Judaide at the time, converted to the Syrian Catholic Church . In 1895 there was a bloodbath of the Assyrian population of the city of Amid ( Diyarbakır ), as a result of which survivors came to Aleppo and the so-called Old Syrian Quarter (حي السريان القديم) superstructures. Further refugees came to Aleppo after the First World War and the genocide of the Syrian Christians (Sayfo) and significantly enlarged the Syrian-Christian community, including the Syrian-Orthodox, living in the Syrian Quarter . As a result, the New Syrian Quarter north of it was also built (حي السريان الجديد). The Syrian Orthodox community initially had a makeshift wooden church in the Old Syrian Quarter , but it was not enough for the growing community. A fundraiser raised money to build a large concrete church, which began in 1932. As an example the orphaned since the expulsion of the last Assyrians in 1922, served later than tobacco factory serving Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul in Urhoy / ar-Ruha ( Urfa ), from which came some of the refugees. On December 22nd, 1935, a grand opening ceremony was held in the presence of the Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem I Barsum . However, a few years passed before the church was completely finished. On May 6, 1953 - the day of the martyr George - the completed church was opened in the presence of Ignatius Ephrem I Barsum. In 1983 the church was restored under the direction of Gregorius Yohanna Ibrahim .
Architecture and equipment
The church, made of dark stone, has a rectangular floor plan and an almost cuboid shape, but connects directly to the outbuildings in the east, where the altar is located. In the middle of the flat roof there is a dome with a cross, completed in 1951, the lower drum of which is provided with twelve small windows. The ceiling of the church is supported by four pillars in the middle, which simultaneously symbolize the four Gospels. The church stands in a west-east direction parallel to Syrische Straße ( Arabic شارع السريان, also official address), whereby on the west side (opposite to the altar), the rows of windows in two floors as well as a false gable have, at each corner there is a bell tower with a square cross-section. The entrance is on the north side next to the northwest corner. The church has large pointed arch windows. The twelve apostles are shown on pictures made in 1983 - in the time of Gregorius Yohanna Ibrahim. Next to the church is a shrine of Saint Severus of Antioch , which was created in the time of Gregorius Yohanna Ibrahim.
From the Peter and Paul Church of Urhoy ( Urfa ), which was later converted into a factory , the Syrians brought many old Syrian manuscripts with them, including a Bible from the 12th century AD, two Bible books that were published around 1600 by the Archbishop of Urhoy were translated, a copy of a Syrian manuscript entitled “General Civil History of Religions”, written by Patriarch Michael the Syrian (1126–1199), two manuscripts of books by St. Gregory Yohanna Ibn al-Abri , 40 handwritten theological books on Christian liturgical prayers throughout the year as well as the copy of the covenant that the Muslim caliphs gave to the Christians in Jerusalem.
Individual evidence
- ^ Uzay Bulut: Turkey: Historic Urfa Church Given to Islamic School Foundation. Armenian Weekly, December 23, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Church of St. George (كنيسة مار جرجس, in Arabic). Qenshrin.com to http://www.alepposuryoye.com (editor of the encyclopedia of churches and monasteries).
Coordinates: 36 ° 12 ′ 55 ″ N , 37 ° 8 ′ 37.5 ″ E