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Deir Hajla

Deir Hajla or Qasr Hajla is the Arabic name of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Gerasimus, a monastery located in the of the State of Palestine, in the , west of the River Jordan and north of the .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as: “Dayr Hajalah”, “Dayr Ḩajalah”, “Deir Haja”, and “Saint Jerosimus Monastery”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit HaArava and Al Maghtas.

Village
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is an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in the . Located near the and at the eponymous Junction, the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council. is situated 2½ km southwest of Deir Hajla.

Locality
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, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in , on the east bank of the , reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. is situated 5 km northeast of Deir Hajla.

Village
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is an Israeli settlement in the , near the northwestern shores of the , in the Jordan Rift Valley, organized as a kibbutz. It is under the jurisdiction of the Megilot Regional Council. is situated 5 km southwest of Deir Hajla.

Deir Hajla

Latitude
31.82011° or 31° 49′ 12″ north
Longitude
35.50132° or 35° 30′ 5″ east
Elevation
-323 metres (-1,060 feet)
Open location code
8G3QRGC2+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 705151666
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Geo­Names ID
283821
Wiki­data ID
Q12212349
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Deir Hajla” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير حجلة”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა გერასიმეს მონასტერი”
  • Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Γερασίμου του Ιορδανίτη”
  • Hebrew: “דיר חג’לא”
  • Hebrew: “דיר חג’לה”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Герасима Иорданского”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Светог Герасима Јорданског”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Святого Герасима на Йордані”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Deir Hajla”. Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.