Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk | |
Fullname: | Church of Our Lady |
Denomination: | Shared Syriac Orthodoxy, Roman Catholic |
Diocese: | Netherlands |
Parish: | Moeder Godskerk Amsterdam |
Founder: | Redemptorist Fathers |
Architect: | Molkenboer |
Style: | Neo-gothic |
Years Built: | 1854 |
Priest: | Saliba Antonios |
Location: | Keizersgracht 220 1016 DZ Amsterdam, Nearby Damsquare. |
Country: | |
Coordinates: | 52.3728°N 4.8844°W |
Website: | www.moedergodskerk.nl |
Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk (Church of Our Lady)(Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ, Ito dyoldath Aloho) is a Syriac Orthodox church in the centre of Amsterdam. The church is used both by the Syriac Orthodox community and the Roman Catholic of Opus Dei. Emphasis is placed on the hearing of confessions and of choral liturgy. The building has the Dutch status of a Rijksmonument.
The church was founded in 1854 by the Redemptorist Fathers and was designed by architect Theo Molkenboer. In 1985 the Redemptorists left the church due to the lack of redemptorist priests. The church was acquired by the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Netherlands and the parish was renamed to Moeder Godskerk (Church of the Mother of God). However, the church never closed its doors for the Roman and Surinam Catholic believers.