The Chapel of Saint Paul ( ar, كَنِيسَةُ مَارْ بَوْلُسْ, ''Kanīsat Mar Bawlus'') is a church in

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, located along Tarafa bin al-Abd Street near the former

Bab Kisan Bab Kisan ( ar, بَابُ كِيسَانَ, Bāb Kīsān, meaning "Kisan Gate") is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The gate, which is now located in the southeastern part of the Old City, was named in memory of a slave who ...

(Kisan Gate). The chapel, consecrated in 1939, includes some stones from the Bab Kisan, which is believed to be the site of

St Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

's escape from Damascus by being lowered out of a window in a basket.

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