Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene (Jerusalem)

 church, religion, listed building / architectural heritage, Russian Orthodox Church, 1880s construction

The Church of Mary Magdalene (Russian: Храм Марии Магдалины, Chram Marii Magdaline) is a Russian Orthodox church located on the Mount of Olives, near the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem.
The church is dedicated to Miryam of Migdal (Mary Magdalene), a follower of Jesus. According to the sixteenth chapter of the gospel of Mark, Mary Magdalene was the first to see Christ after his resurrection. (Mark 16:9) She is considered a crucial and important disciple of Jesus, and seemingly his primary female associate, along with Mary of Bethany, whom some believe to have been the same woman.[1]

The church was built in 1886 by Tsar Alexander III to honor his mother, Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. It was constructed in the traditional tented roof style popular in 16th and 17th century Russia, and includes seven distinctive, gilded onion dome's. The convent is located directly across the Kidron Valley from the Temple Mount.





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