Mar Elias Monastery
The monastery of Mar Elias (Hebrew מר אליאס, Saint Elias ) is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the West Bank (Israel). It is on a main road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem . and was founded in the 6th century. It is one of the oldest continuously used Christian monasteries.
history
The monastery was probably founded in the 6th century at the place where the prophet Elias is said to have stopped in the Old Testament while fleeing from Jezebel ( 1st Kings 19 EU ). In the vicinity of the monastery, the wise men are said to have seen the star of Bethlehem ( Mt 2,1.9 EU ) again.
After an earthquake, Emperor Friedrich I had the destroyed monastery rebuilt in 1160. The tombs of the patriarchs Elias of Jerusalem († 516) and Elias of Jerusalem († 1345) are also located here.
During the Arab-Israeli wars from 1948 onwards, the monastery was at times a base for Arab and Jordanian units. It has been on the border between the Palestinian West Bank and Israel since 1967.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mar Elias. (No longer available online.) Goisrael.at, archived from the original on January 21, 2017 ; accessed on January 21, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A. Mertens: Elijah, the Prophet. In: Who Was a Christian in th Holy Land? Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on February 11, 2017 (English).
Coordinates: 31 ° 44 ′ 4.9 ″ N , 35 ° 12 ′ 38.9 ″ E