| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Amadiya
|
 |
Church archway.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Erbil
District : Ankawa
Site / Event : Church of John the Baptist
|
 |
The Church of John the Baptist is Assyrian Orthodox.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Erbil
District : Ankawa
Site / Event : Church of John the Baptist
|
 |
The church dates from 2007.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Erbil
District : Ankawa
Site / Event : Mar Elia
|
 |
The Mar Elia church.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Erbil
District : Ankawa
Site / Event : Mar Elia
|
 |
The church is Chaldean Catholic.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Erbil
District : Ankawa
Site / Event : Mar Elia
|
 |
A grotto in the church grounds.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
|
 |
Isolated church.
|
2022 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Akre
District : Old City
|
 |
Church with caves.
|
2022 |
| Ireland |
City / Town : Dublin
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
The Domhnach Airgid (silver church) dates from the 8th century.
|
2015 |
| Ireland |
City / Town : Dublin
|
 |
Small church in a terrace.
|
2015 |
| Ireland |
City / Town : Dublin
Site / Event : Christchurch Cathedral
|
 |
Christchurch Cathedral is on the site of Dublin's oldest church.
|
2015 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Muslim Quarter
|
 |
The Church of St Anne was built in 1140 by European Crusaders. It became a mosque for 700 years.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Christian Quarter
|
 |
One of many churches in the Christian Quarter.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of Christ's Prison
|
 |
The entrance to the Church of Christ's Prison.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of Christ's Prison
|
 |
Much of the church is underground.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of Christ's Prison
|
 |
The church is a grotto.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of Christ's Prison
|
 |
The main church area.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Station 4
|
 |
The entrance to the church in 2019.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Station 4
|
 |
The church in 1986
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
|
 |
An Armenian Orthodox church near Golgotha, the site of the crucifiction. The Via Dolorosa ends in the Christian Quarter
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Station 9
|
 |
Station 9 is in St Helen Coptic Church marking the point where Jesus fell for the third time.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Station 9
|
 |
The Coptic church is Egyptian Orthodox.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Station 9
|
 |
The courtyard of St Helen Coptic Church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
|
 |
Lutheran church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 2019 with many visitors.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The remaining Stations of the Cross (10 to 14) are within the Church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The church dates from 335 and is the holiest site of Christianity as it marks the location of the Crucifixion.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The church was built over a Temple of Venus from dating from 135.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The church is run by several denominations of Christianity.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The courtyard in front of the church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The keys to the Church are held by two Muslim familes because of rivalry between the different denominations running the Church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The inside of the church features many chapels each run by a different denomination of Christianity.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The church has been added to over time.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Via Dolorosa
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Sepulchre
|
 |
The church is on several levels.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Harem es Sharif
Site / Event : Dome of the Rock
|
 |
The shrine was built by Byzantine craftsmen and is octagonal like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Harem es Sharif
Site / Event : Dome of the Rock
|
 |
The octagonal shape resembles the Church of the Holy Sepelchre.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Harem es Sharif
|
 |
View of the Church of Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Armenian Quarter
|
 |
The entrance of St Anne's Church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Armenian Quarter
Site / Event : Armenian Museum
|
 |
Carving from an Armenian church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Citadel
|
 |
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Citadel
|
 |
Coptic church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Citadel
|
 |
Lutherian Church of the Redeemer. Mount Scoipius is in the distance.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Citadel
|
 |
Golden domed church in the Christian Quarter.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Citadel
|
 |
Modern church in the Armenian Quarter and East Jerusalem.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Citadel
|
 |
View of the Dome of the Rock and the Church of Mary Magdelane.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Dome of the Ascension
|
 |
The mosque was originally a Crusader church and became a mosque in 1187. Christians believe that Jesus ascended to heaven from here.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Pater Noster Church
|
 |
The Pater Noster Church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Pater Noster Church
|
 |
The Pater Noster ("Our Father") Church dates from 1856.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Pater Noster Church
|
 |
The Pater Noster Church is Carmelite.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Pater Noster Church
|
 |
The Pater Noster Church is over the grotto where Jeses taught the Lord's Prayer to his disciples.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Pater Noster Church
|
 |
The church has tiles with the Lord's Prayer written in many languages.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Pater Noster Church
|
 |
The Lord's Prayer is both inside and outside the church buildings.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Pater Noster Church
|
 |
Overview of the church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Dominus Flevit
|
 |
The tear shaped Dominus Flevit Church ("Jesus Wept") was built in 1891 on the site of a mosque that was built in 1518 on the site of a church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Dominus Flevit
|
 |
The church is Roman Catholic.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Dominus Flevit
|
 |
View of the Russian Orthodox Church of Magdalene in 2019 from Dominus Flevit.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
|
 |
The Russian Orthodox Church of Magdalene in 1986.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Church of Mary Magdalene
|
 |
Shrines at the entrance of the Church of Mary Magdalene.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Church of Mary Magdalene
|
 |
The Church of Mary Magdalene.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Church of Mary Magdalene
|
 |
The church dates from 1888.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Church of Mary Magdalene
|
 |
Typical onion shaped domes of a Russian Orthodox church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Gethsemene
|
 |
The Garden of Gethsemene and the Church of All Nations (The Basilica of the Agony).
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Tomb of the Virgin
|
 |
View of the Church of Mary Magdalene over the domes of the Basillica of the Agony.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Al Eizariya
|
 |
The Church of Lazarus marks the site of the tomb of Lazarus.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
|
 |
Church, belltower and minaret from the roof of the Crusader complex housing the Tomb of David and the Room of the Last Supper.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Room of the Last Supper
|
 |
The Room of the Last Supper is a Crusader chamber that was a 4th century church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Room of the Last Supper
|
 |
The church became a mosque during the Ottoman era.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Abbey of the Dormition
|
 |
The belltower is far from the church so as its shadow does not pass over the nearby Tomb of David.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Abbey of the Dormition
|
 |
The church is German Protestant and is famous for its mosaics.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Abbey of the Dormition
|
 |
The church is run by Benedictines.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Abbey of the Dormition
|
 |
The church has mosaics in its side chapels as well as a large floor mosaic.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
|
 |
Church mosaic from the Negev depicting a man leading a camel laden with wine jars (6th century).
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
|
 |
Byzantine church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
|
 |
Carving from a Byzantine church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
|
 |
Marble relief from a Byzantine church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
Site / Event : Gurlitt Collection
|
 |
"Capriccio with Portico and Church in the Background, Venice" by Italian, Francesco Guardi (died 1793).
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Ein Karem
Site / Event : Church of John The Baptist
|
 |
The Church of John The Baptist.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Ein Karem
Site / Event : Church of John The Baptist
|
 |
The church (1674) is on the site of the birth of John The Baptist.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Ein Karem
|
 |
The Roman catholic Visitatio Mariae Church is where the Virgin Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Ein Karem
|
 |
The Visitatio Mariae Church is decorated with passages from Luke.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
Site / Event : Church of the Nativity
|
 |
The Church of the Nativity was built in 325 over a Greek shrine of Adonis.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
Site / Event : Church of the Nativity
|
 |
The church was rebuilt in 529 but survived invasions by the Persians, Crusaders, Mameluks and Ottomans.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
Site / Event : Church of the Nativity
|
 |
The entrance is only 1.2m high. It was blocked up in the 13th century to stop horses being ridden into the church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
|
 |
There are several churches in Bethlehem.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
|
 |
A church clocktower.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Ramallah
District : Mukataa
Site / Event : Yasser Arafat Museum
|
 |
Statement by Winston Churchill promising the preservation of Palestinian rights and culture under a Jewish homeland.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Sabastiya
|
 |
The mosque was once a 4th century church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Nazareth
Site / Event : Church of the Annunciation
|
 |
The Church of the Annunciation.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Nazareth
Site / Event : Church of the Annunciation
|
 |
The Church of the Annunciation was built in 1969 on the site of four earlier churches.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Nazareth
|
 |
St Gabriel's Church dates from the 17th century and is Greek Catholic.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Nazareth
|
 |
The Synagogue Church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Cana
|
 |
A group of churches in the village of Cana where Christains believe Jesus performed his first miracle.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Cana
|
 |
The Franciscan church marks where Jesus turned water into wine.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Galilee
Site / Event : Church of the Beatitudes
|
 |
The octagonal Church of the Beatitudes was built in 1933 by Mussolini.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Galilee
Site / Event : Church of the Beatitudes
|
 |
View of the Sea of Galilee from the church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Galilee
City / Town : Taghba
|
 |
The basalt church at Taghba marks the spot where Jesus appeared after his ressurection.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Galilee
|
 |
Modern (1982) Byzantine style church on the site of the feeding of the 5000.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Baram
|
 |
Maronite church in Baram, a town abandoned by its Christian Arab population when the state of Israel was created in 1948.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Golan Heights
City / Town : Golan
|
 |
Deserted Syrian orthodox church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Acre
|
 |
The sea walls with a church.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.