The House of Saint Ananias (also called Saint Ananias House or Chapel of Saint Ananias; ar, كَنيسَةُ الْقِدِّيسِ حَنَانِيَا, Kanīsat al-Qiddīs Ḥanāniyā) is an ancient underground structure in
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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, Syria, that is said to be the remains of the home of
Ananias of Damascus
Ananias ( ; grc, Ἀνανίας from Hebrew חנניה, ''Hananiah'', "favoured of the ") was a disciple of Jesus at Damascus mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of ...
, where Ananias baptized Saul (who became
Paul the Apostle
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; ...
). The building is at the end of the
Street Called Straight
Straight Street, from the Latin Via Recta ( ar, الشارع المستقيم ''al-Shāriʿ al-Mustaqīm''), known as the Street called Straight ( gr, τήν ῥύμην τήν καλουμένην εὐθείαν) in the New Testament, is the ol ...
near the
Bab Sharqi
Bab Sharqi ( ar, بَابٌ شَرْقِيٌّ, Bāb Šarqī; "The Eastern Gate"), also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient city gates of Damascus, Syria. Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the ...
(Eastern Gate).
History
Archaeological excavations in 1921 found the remains of a Byzantine church from the 5th or 6th century AD, adding physical evidence to support local tradition that the chapel has an
early-Christian origin.
Gallery
File:Chapel of Saint Ananias 01.jpg, Inside the Chapel of Saint Ananias
File:Inside of Saint Ananias.jpg, Inside of Saint Ananias Church
File:Story layout of Saint Ananias.jpg, Story layout of Saint Ananias
References
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5th-century churches
Saint Ananias
Saint Ananias