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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 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.
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.
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.
Jerico in Chickasaw County, Iowa, in 1903. A post office was established at Jerico in 1886, and remained in operation until 1908. [2] Jerico was platted in Section 34 of Jacksonville Township, in the north-central part of the township. [3] Jerico Lutheran Church was founded in 1867 by Norwegian settlers in Jerico, under Reverend U.V. Koren.
[6] [4] [7] At an even later date, apparently after the Muslim conquest when the remains of Chariton were translated to the Old Lavra from the laura of Pharan, it became known as the monastery of Chariton, this name being preserved until this day in the Arabic name of the wadi (valley of a seasonal stream), Wadi Khureitun.