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TheMaronite Convent, also known as theMaronite Church or theMaronite Monastery, is aMaronite Catholicconvent located onMaronite Convent Street 25 near theJaffa Gate in theArmenian quarter of theOld City of Jerusalem.[1] Erected in 1895 as the only Maronite place of worship in the Old City of Jerusalem, it effectively serves as thecathedra of theMaronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine along with official residence of its archbishop.[2][3]
The compound, based on the residence built for the British consul in 1851, was later used as ahospital run by theKaiserswerthDeaconesses, aGerman Protestant congregation, before being bought by Lebanese Maronites in the early 1890s.[4] It comprises a Maronitechapel, as well as the Pilgrim's Guesthouse of Saint Maron (French:Foyer de Saint Maron), maintained by Maronite nuns from theCongregation of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus.[5] In addition to that, it hosts a pilgrim organisation called Peregrinatio Jubilaum Jerusalem (PJJ), set up in 1999 by the Maronite Church in charge of organising tours.[6]
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