The Church of Saint George is the major shrine for the fourth century martyr Saint George (el-Khader in Arabic) and is located in Lod, Israel.^[1] The current church, built in 1870, shares space with the El-Chodr mosque. Eastern Orthodox shrine Buddhist shrine just outside Wat Phnom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Saint-George is a municipality with 695 inhabitants (as of 2003) in the district of Aubonne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Downtown area of Lod Lod (Hebrew לוֹד; Arabic اَلْلُدّْ al-Ludd, Greco-Latin Lydda, Tiberian Hebrew לֹד Lōḏ) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ...

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem received permission from the Ottoman authorities to build a church on the site of a previous basilica. The church is built over an earlier 15th century AD structure, and occupies the north end of the nave and left-hand aisle of the earlier church, from which there survive two apses - which, contrary to the normal rule, face north rather than east. Look up Ottoman, ottoman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ...

The Ottoman authorities stipulated, that part of the plot be made available for a mosque. Consequently the current Church of St. George incorporates only the northeast corner of the Byzantine basilica. The prayer hall of the adjacent mosque contains a column that once stood in the nave of the basilica. The church contains the sarcophagus of St George. Look up Ottoman, ottoman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... St. ... The Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as it exists today A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... Stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Merenptah Detail of a stone sarcophagus in the Istanbul Archeological Museum showing a hunting scene Anthropoid sarcophagus discovered at Cádiz A sarcophagus is a stone container for a coffin or body. ...

See also

• Al-Khidr

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External link

• http://www.ourfatherlutheran.net/biblehomelands/palestine/hebronroad.htm
• http://www.planetware.com/lod/st-georges-church-isr-cn-lodsgc.htm
• http://www.jcjcr.org/index_item_view.php?iid=65
• http://archnet.org/library/images/thumbnails.tcl?location_id=9972

References

1. ^ "Excursions in Terra Santa", Franciscan Cyberspot. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.