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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 ...
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 ...
Monastery of Saint Nicodemus or Saint Peter's Prison; [23] [24] (in Arabic Deir el-Adass, 'Monastery of the Lentils'); between Herod's Gate and Via Dolorosa [29] Monastery of Saint Anna, or of Saints Joachim and Anna (birth house of Mary, inside Lions' Gate near the Pool of Bethesda ) [ 23 ] [ 24 ]
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Last year, there were 39,000 — a decline of about 75%. "I don't know that we should be surprised that we're not popular," Sister Madeline said. "Christianity got popular in our country for a ...
The Monastery of Saint George of Choziba (Arabic: دير القديس جورج, Greek: Μονή Αγίου Γεωργίου του Χοζεβίτου, lit. Monastery of Saint George the Hozevite), also known as Monastery of Choziba (or Hoziba) or Mar Jaris, [1] is a monastery located in Wadi Qelt in Area C of the eastern West Bank, in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine.
Founded from the Cistercian monastery of Nazareth in Belgium. Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey: Nuns (Trappist) 1964 Dubuque, Iowa: Daughter-house of Mt. St. Mary Abbey in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Santa Rita Abbey: Nuns (Trappist) 1972 Sonoita, Arizona: Our Lady of the Angels Monastery: Nuns (Trappist) 1987 Crozet, Virginia
A lavra or laura (Greek: Λαύρα; Cyrillic: Ла́вра) is a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the center. Lavra monasteries operate within the Orthodox and other Eastern Christian traditions; the name is also used by some Catholic communities.