Mar Saba
The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, known in Arabic and Syriac as Mar Saba and historically as the Great Laura of Saint Sabas, is a Greek Orthodox Christian monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine in the West Bank, at a point halfway between Bethlehem and the Dead Sea.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: monastery in Palestine
- Also known as: “Al Mird”, “Gran Laura de Sant Saba”, “Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas”, “Hycania”, “Hyrcania”, “Khirbet Mird”, “Klášter svatého Sávy”, “klasztor Mar Saba”, “Laura de San Sabas”, “Laura de Sant Saba”, “Laure de Saint-Sabas”, “Manastiru Svetog Save Osvećenog”, “Mār Sābā”, “Monastere Mar Saba”, “monasterio de Mar Saba”, “monasterio de San Sabas”, “Monestir de Mar Saba”, “Monestir de Sant Saba”, “Mosteiro de Mar Saba”, “Mosteiro de São Sabas”, “Sabas-Kloster”, “Saint-Sabas”, “Манастир светог Саве Освећеног”, “Мар Саба”, “საბაწმინდის ლავრა”, “מנזר מרסבא”, and “マル・サバ（聖サバス）修道院”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Hurkania and Har Montar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kedar and Ovnat.
Kedar
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Ovnat
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Ubeidiya
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Mar Saba
- Categories: monastery, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.71947° or 31° 43′ 10″ north
Longitude
35.36502° or 35° 21′ 54″ east
Elevation
214 metres (702 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP998+Q2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Mar Saba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير مار سابا”
- Belarusian: “Лаўра Савы Асвечанага”
- Catalan: “Mar Saba”
- Chinese: “玛尔萨巴”
- Czech: “Mar Saba”
- Dutch: “Mar Saba”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Mar Saba”
- French: “Monastère de Mar Saba”
- French: “monastère Mar Saba”
- Georgian: “საბაწმიდის ლავრა”
- German: “Mar Saba”
- Greek: “Ιερά Λαύρα του Οσίου Σάββα του Ηγιασμένου”
- Greek: “Ἱερὰ Λαύρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Σάββα τοῦ Ἡγιασμένου”
- Hebrew: “מנזר מר סבא”
- Hungarian: “Mar Saba”
- Indonesian: “Mar Saba”
- Italian: “Mar Saba”
- Italian: “Monastero Mar Saba”
- Japanese: “マル・サバ”
- Japanese: “マル・サバ修道院”
- Korean: “마르 사바”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mar Saba-klosteret”
- Norwegian: “Mar Saba-klosteret”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܒܐ”
- Persian: “دیر مار سابا”
- Polish: “Ławra św. Saby”
- Polish: “Mar Saba”
- Portuguese: “Mar Saba”
- Russian: “Лавра Саввы Освященного”
- Serbian: “Manastir Svetog Save Osvećenog”
- Serbian: “Манастир Светог Саве Освећеног”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mar Saba”
- Slovenian: “Mar Saba”
- Spanish: “Gran Laura de San Sabas”
- Spanish: “Mar Saba”
- Swedish: “Mar Saba”
- Turkish: “Mar Saba Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Лавра Сави Освяченого”
- Urdu: “دیر مار سابا”
- Urdu: “مار سابا”
- Western Frisian: “Mar Saba”
- “Mar Saba”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Arḑ Mard and Al Buqay‘ah.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Bi’r Abū ash Shu‘lah and Bi’r al ‘Aydharāwī.
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