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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 = , ...
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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 (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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parts: Acts 9:25, 2 Corinthians 11:33


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