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The earliest monastery was constructed by the Byzantines in the 6th century CE above the cave traditionally said to be that where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan, [1] [2] about three kilometers northwest of Jericho. The monastery receives its name from the mountain which the early ...
Protection of the Mother of God Monastery, Ellenville, New York, United States. Mother Ambrozia. Holy Annunciation Hermitage, 10087 W. Rolling Meadows Dr., Westville, IN 46391. Mother Theodora. Holy Dormition of the Mother of God, 3389 Rives Eaton Rd, Rives Junction, MI 49277. Marian Cristian Rosu
Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul (Arabic: جبل لقرنطل), is a mountain over the city of Jericho in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine; ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus ...
Jericho / dʒ ɛr ɪ k oʊ / is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States, approximately 29 miles (47 km) east of Midtown Manhattan. The population was 14,808 at the time of the 2020 census.
Corpus Christi Monastery, a Roman Catholic monastery located in New York City. Holy Ascension Monastery, a Greek Old Calenderist monastery located in Bearsville. [55] Holy Cross Monastery, an Anglican monastery located in West Park. [56] Holy Trinity Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Jordanville. [57]
For some time the Israeli Government withheld recognition of Theophilos as the new patriarch, and continued to only recognize Irenaios as patriarch. This position has been criticised as defying the unanimous decision by representatives of all Eastern Orthodox churches meeting at the Phanar at the call of the ecumenical patriarch withdrawing ...
St Benedict Monastery: Trappist 1956 Snowmass, Colorado: Valley of Our Lady Monastery Nuns (Common Observance) 1957 Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin: The first Cistercian nunnery in the United States, founded by nuns from the Swiss Abbey of Frauenthal. Our Lady of Dallas Abbey: Common Observance 1958 Irving, Texas
Jericho's name in Modern Hebrew, Yeriẖo, is generally thought to derive from the Canaanite word rēḥ ' fragrant ', but other theories hold that it originates in the Canaanite word Yaraḥ ' moon ' or the name of the lunar deity Yarikh, for whom the city was an early centre of worship.