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The monastery was founded in ca. 340 by Hilarion, a native of the Gaza region and one possible father of Palestinian monasticism (see also Chariton the Confessor).Hilarion had converted to Christianity in Alexandria and then, inspired by St Anthony, become a hermit first in Egypt and then in his home region.
Hilarion the Great (291–371) was an anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great (c. 251–356). While Anthony is considered to have established Christian monasticism in the Egyptian Desert, Hilarion is considered by his biographer Jerome to be the founder of Palestinian monasticism [1] (see also Chariton the Confessor) and venerated as a ...
Uncovered by local archaeologists in 1999, the Tell Umm el-'Amr site was active from the 4th to the 8th century and contains Christian artifacts. [3] Currently, the site consists of the monastery of Saint Hilarion; as well as religious buildings (e.g. church, cloister) and all the outbuildings necessary for the life of the monks (e.g. miscellaneous room, dormitory).
The area of Tell Umm Amer, located in the Al Nusairat village nearby Wadi Gaza, was first known as Tabatha from the 400 to 670, with a surviving landmark being the Saint Hilarion Monastery, named after the saint born there and regarded as founder of Palestinian monasticism; it was destroyed in 614.
'The Monastery of Saint Hilarion/Tell Umm Amer', seen here being excavated in 2023, was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2024. On 14 December 2023, UNESCO gave "provisional enhanced protection" to Saint Hilarion Monastery, one of the oldest monasteries in the Middle East. In the announcement, UNESCO called for the protection of ...
Saint Hilarion Monastery/Tell Umm Amer: A World Heritage Site [113] Sde Nahum: Sebastia: Shomron Shfaram synagogue: Sha'ar HaGolan: Type-site of the Yarmukian culture: Shalom Al Yisrael Synagogue: Tel Shem: Tell esh Shammam [114] [115] Sheikh Badr: Shemouniyeh: Wadi al-Far'a Shikhin: Asochis Tel Shimron: Shivta: Tel Shor: Tel Tora Shuafat: Tel ...
The Master Hilarion is considered a saint within the I AM movement, one of the "Masters of the Ancient Wisdom", and in the Ascended Master Teachings is one of the Ascended Masters (also collectively called the Great White Brotherhood). [1] He is considered to be the Chohan (Lord) of the Fifth Ray (see Seven Rays). [2] [3] [4] [5]
Prophetess Anna (Hannah), mother of the Prophet Samuel (1100 BC) [3] [4]; Martyr Easios, tortured and beheaded (c. 284-305) [5] [note 2] Saint Bassa (Vassa), Patrician and Igumenia of a female monastery in Jerusalem, where she also founded the Monastery of St Menas, whose Abbot was the Bishop of Jamnia, Stephanos (5th century) [6] [note 3] (see also December 7 - Slavonic)