Mar Saba

Mar Saba in Wikipedia

The Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified,[1] known in Arabic as Mar Saba (Hebrew: מנזר מר סבא‎), is a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley[2] in the West Bank east of Bethlehem. It was founded by Saint Sabas of Cappadocia in the year 439 and today houses around 20 monks. It is considered to be one of the oldest inhabited ...

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