Castellion

Kastellion was a Greek monastery (Koinobion) in Palestine a few kilometers northeast of Mar Saba Monastery . It was founded in 492 by the monk father Sabas in the ruins of the old fortress of Hyrkania .

literature

• Joseph T. Milik: The Monastery of Kastellion, in: Biblica 48 (1961) pp. 21-27
• Tinatin Chronz: The Greek tropologion fragment from the Kastellion monastery and its Georgian parallels. In: Oriens Christianus 92 (2008) pp. 113–118.

Web links

• Literature on the monastery
• [ https://theo.kuleuven.be/apps/press/bookheritagelab/2018/05/04/khirbet-mird-papyri-research-and-conservation-project-in-the-book-heritage-lab/

Coordinates: 31 ° 43 ′ 10.9 ″  N , 35 ° 21 ′ 56.2 ″  O Papyrus Project]