Deir Es-Sultan

Deir Es-Sultan ( Arabic دير السلطان) is a monastery on the roof of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

history

The monastery was founded during the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187 by Ethiopian Orthodox Christians who had resided in Jerusalem for centuries.

Ownership of the monastery is a source of dispute between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, with both parties citing longstanding historical claims to the property. Deir Es-Sultan is one of several holy sites in the area whose ownership is disputed between various Christian denominations.

The current dispute arose in April 1970 when Ethiopian believers in the monastery used the absence of the Coptic believers due to the Easter rites to put a barrier on a staircase down.

literature

Tigab Bezie: Ethiopia's Claim on Deir Es-Sultan Monastery in Jerusalem, 1850s-1994. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011.

Web links

Commons : Deir Es-Sultan - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Deir El Sultan on the website of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Jerusalem

Individual evidence

^ Johan D. Van Der Vyver, John J. Witte: Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives . Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1996, ISBN 978-9-041-10177-8 , p. 380 (accessed April 20, 2013).
^ Paul Charles Merkley: Christian Attitudes Towards the State of Israel . McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, June 14, 2001, ISBN 978-0-773-52188-9 , p. 69 (accessed April 20, 2013).

31.778498 35.230115Coordinates: 31 ° 46 ′ 42.6 ″ N , 35 ° 13 ′ 48.4 ″ E

[VyverWitte1996-1] Johan D. Van Der Vyver, John J. Witte: Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives . Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1996, ISBN 978-9-041-10177-8 , p. 380 (accessed April 20, 2013).

[Merkley2001-2] Paul Charles Merkley: Christian Attitudes Towards the State of Israel . McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, June 14, 2001, ISBN 978-0-773-52188-9 , p. 69 (accessed April 20, 2013).