Church of Saint George, Lod
| Church of Saint George | |
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 Rooftop view, Lydda c. 1920 | |
| Basic information | |
| Location | Lod, Israel |
| Affiliation | Greek Orthodox |
| Architectural description | |
| Completed | 1872 |
The Church of Saint George (Arabic: كنيسة القديس جيورجوس or كنيسة مار جريس, Hebrew: כנסיית גאורגיוס הקדוש קוטל הדרקון) is the major shrine for the fourth-century Christian martyr Saint George (الخضر Al-Khidr in Arabic, as Muslims often associate Saint George with the Muslim saint Al-Khidr) and is located in Lod, Israel.[1] The current church, built in 1870, shares space with the El-Khidr Mosque.
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem received permission from the Ottoman authorities to build a church on the site of a previous basilica. The church is built over a ruined 15th-century structure, and occupies the north end of the nave and left-hand aisle of the earlier church, from which there survive two apses - which, contrary to the normal rule, face north rather than east.
The Ottoman authorities stipulated, that part of the plot be made available for a mosque. Consequently, the current Church of St. George incorporates only the northeast corner of the Byzantine basilica. The prayer hall of the adjacent mosque contains a column that once stood in the nave of the basilica. The church contains the sarcophagus of St George.
Gallery
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St George's tomb
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Bas-relief on the sarcophagus
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See also
- Al-Khidr
- Saint George: Devotions, traditions and prayers
- St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, an Anglican church in Jerusalem, dedicated to the same saint.
- Monastery of Saint George, al-Khader, a Greek Orthodox monastery in the Palestinian town of Khader near Bethlehem.
References
- ↑ "Excursions in Terra Santa". Franciscan Cyberspot. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
Bibliography
- Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Simon (1896). [ARP] Archaeological Researches in Palestine 1873-1874, translated from the French by J. McFarlane. 2. London: Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 102-109)
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 267-8)
- Pringle, Denys (1998). The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: L-Z (exluding Tyre). II. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 39037 0. (pp. 9-15)
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Coordinates: 31°57′10.8″N 34°53′58.15″E / 31.953000°N 34.8994861°E