{"id":82303,"date":"2025-06-01T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=82303"},"modified":"2025-05-31T01:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T22:22:37","slug":"forgotten-syrian-church-awakens-on-haneviim-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/forgotten-syrian-church-awakens-on-haneviim-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Syrian Church Awakens on HaNeviim Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the heart of Jerusalem\u2019s HaNeviim Street, just across from the old Bikur Cholim Hospital, a stone structure rises above the sidewalk \u2014 elegant, weathered, and until recently, forgotten. The building\u2019s inscription reads St. Ephraem Syrians<\/em>, and its facade hints at a faded past. For decades, it stood silent, closed to the public and barely noticed. Now, with scaffolding, city signage, and a growing buzz among architecture enthusiasts, it appears something may finally be stirring<\/p>\n

Built in the late 19th century, the church was originally home to Jerusalem\u2019s Syrian Orthodox community. Over time, as the community diminished, the building was abandoned. Though official restoration plans have not been publicly confirmed, recent physical signs \u2014 including conservation barriers and a municipal sign \u2014 suggest that the city is preparing to reclaim and preserve this hidden landmark<\/p>\n

A Street That Carries Its Own Memory<\/h3>\n

Walking along HaNeviim Street today feels like flipping through pages of a forgotten book. The tall cypress trees, iron gates, and aging facades carry a quiet gravity. Here, time slows down \u2014 and visitors feel more like listeners than tourists. It\u2019s a part of Jerusalem that whispers, rather than shouts<\/p>\n

HaNeviim Street itself has long carried a unique charm: a corridor of hospitals, consulates, old-world villas, and forgotten histories. In recent years, cultural spaces and boutique clinics have emerged, giving new life to the area. And now, this church \u2014 with its ornate arches and quiet dignity \u2014 may soon rejoin the city\u2019s living heritage<\/p>\n

As Jerusalem prepares for the festival of Shavuot and thousands make their way to better-known holy sites, this quiet corner invites a different kind of visitor \u2014 one who listens for stories in stone and finds holiness in stillness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A historic church in central Jerusalem shows signs of life again \u2014 and visitors may soon rediscover its story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":82304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Forgotten Syrian Church Awakens on HaNeviim Street","_seopress_titles_desc":"A historic church in central Jerusalem shows signs of life again \u2014 and visitors may soon rediscover its story","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[8747],"class_list":{"0":"post-82303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-184","8":"tag-jerusalem-en"},"acf":{"subtitle":"A historic church in central Jerusalem shows signs of life again \u2014 and visitors may soon rediscover its story"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}