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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 Saints John and George of Choziba: Wadi Qelt, West Bank Monastery of the Temptation [2] Jericho city, West Bank Burqin Church: Burqin town, West Bank St. George's Monastery: al-Khader town, West Bank Gaza Baptist Church: 1950 Gaza city, Gaza Strip Church of Saint Porphyrius [3] 1160 Gaza city, Gaza Strip Holy Family Church: Gaza ...
Jericho (/ ˈ dʒ ɛr ɪ k oʊ / JERR ... The Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Temptation halfway up the mountain, beside a cave said to be the location where Jesus ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.