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CHRISTIAN SITES IN DAMASCUS |
| ST PAUL WINDOW ( CHURCH ) |
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Situated behind Bab Kissan at the site where St. Paul escaped from the Roman soldiers with assistance of St. Ananias , one of the gates in the old wall encircling Damascus |
| ST JOHN THE BAPTIST SHRINE |
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This ancient church once the house of the damascene Ananias who helped St Paul to escape |
| "In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, "Ananias!" |
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Acts 9:10 |
| JOHN DAMASCENE CHURCH |
| ST MARY CHURCH |
| STREET STREET |
| Street in Damascus Penetrating the old city from north to south where Lord guided St. Paul to the house of St. Ananias |
| "The Lord told him, "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying" |
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Acts 9: 11 |
| TAL KAWKAB |
| 18 k.m. away from Damascus to the south, reminds us of St. Paul’s guidance to Christianity nearly two thousand years ago. |
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"As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" |
| Acts 9: 3, 4 |
| ROMAN CATHOLIC PATRIARCHY |
