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The Monastery of the Temptation (Greek: Μοναστήρι του Πειρασμού, Monastḗri tou Peirasmoú; Arabic: دير القرنطل, Deir al-Quruntul; Hebrew: דיר אל-קרנטל) is a Greek Orthodox monastery located in Jericho, Palestine.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Mar Saba seen from the air Tomb of Saint Sabbas. The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, [Note 1] known in Arabic and Syriac as Mar Saba (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܒܐ, Arabic: دير مار سابا; Hebrew: מנזר מר סבא; Greek: Ἱερὰ Λαύρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Σάββα τοῦ Ἡγιασμένου) and historically as the Great Laura of Saint Sabas, [1] is a Greek Orthodox ...
Hilarion (291–371), also known by the bynames of Thavata, [1] of Gaza, [2] and in the Orthodox Church as the Great [3] was a Christian anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great (c. 251–356).
This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are ancillary establishments (distilleries, printing houses) and the "houses of refuge" used ...
A cave on the monastery grounds is, according to tradition, the place where the three Magi took shelter during the first night after delivering their gifts to the newborn Baby Jesus, after an angel had appeared to them and ordered them to return home without reporting Jesus' location to King Herod. This Cave of the Magi is called Metopa in ...