The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin, also called Greek Catholic Melkite Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin or simply Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, is a

Melkite Greek Catholic The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (, ''Kanīsat ar-Rūm al-Malakiyyīn al-Kāṯūlīk''; ; ), also known as the Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catho ...

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located in the

Christian Quarter The Christian Quarter (Hebrew: הרובע הנוצרי, romanized: ''Ha-Rova ha-Notsri;'' ) is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter and the Armenian Quarte ...

of the

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. It is dedicated to the

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. It serves as the headquarters of the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem (''Archieparchia Hierosolymitana Melchitarum''), whose patriarch since 1772 is responsible for the Jerusalem Melkites by the encyclical ''

Orientalium dignitas ''Orientalium dignitas'' is a papal encyclical concerning the Eastern Catholic churches issued by Pope Leo XIII on 30 November 1894. The encyclical further established the rights of the Eastern Catholic churches. This includes a prohibition aga ...

'' of

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. As part of the Old City of Jerusalem, it is categorised as a

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since 1981.

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Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate Guesthouse, Jerusalem
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