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Russian Orthodox Church of Maria Magdalene, Jerusalem
Russian missionaries spread in the Middle East taking interest in the region’s Orthodox churches in particular in the Levant region. In this photograph is a prime example of Russian influence in Ottoman Palestine, the church of Maria Magdalene in Jerusalem.
Name: Russian Orthodox Church of Maria Magdalene,
Material: Sandstone, gilded domes
Size: Unknown
Date: 1888
Place of Origin: Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel
Location: Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel
Source and Registration#: Wikimedia Commons. Link to resource
(accessed May 4, 2010).
Material: Digital photograph
Size: 2,000 X 3,008 pixels (2.13 MB)
Date: 2007
Orit Bashkin
Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Chicago
