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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 the Temptation; Tower of Jericho; W. Wadi Qelt Synagogue This page was last edited on 7 March 2024, at 05:54 (UTC). Text ...
Monastery of Mount Sarantario (of Temptation), Jericho [34] Monastery of Martha and Maria (nunnery/convent); in Bethany [34] Monastery of the Twelve Apostles; in Tiberias [34] Monastery of Abba Gerasimos of the Jordan [34] Monastery of Abba Theodosius the Cenobiarch; [34] Judaean desert near Bethlehem; Monastery of Jacob's Well in Samaria; in ...
Along the Mississippi river bordering the state of Illinois is Dubuque, Iowa. There, the Catholic sisters of the Mississippi Abbey start their day with prayers — a large part of their ministry.
Maharishi Vedic City (MVC) is a city in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 277 at the time of the 2020 census. [3] The city was incorporated in 2001 as "Vedic City" but then officially changed its name to "Maharishi Vedic City" five months later. It was the first city to incorporate in Iowa since 1982. [4]
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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.