Monastery of Martyrius
Monastery of Martyrius, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the West Bank settlement and city of Ma'ale Adumim, was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yeshivat Birkat Moshe and Monastery of Euthymius.
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe
School
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Yeshivat Birkat Moshe is a hesder yeshiva located in the Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood of the Israeli settlement, Ma'ale Adumim. It was founded in 1977 by Haim Sabato and Yitzchak Sheilat, then two young rabbis from Yeshivat HaKotel, in Jerusalem. Yeshivat Birkat Moshe is situated 1¼ km north of Monastery of Martyrius.
Monastery of Euthymius
Archaeological site
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The Monastery of Euthymius started as a lavra-type monastic settlement in the Judaean desert, founded by Saint Euthymius the Great in 420, known as the Laura or Lavra of Euthymius. Monastery of Euthymius is situated 3½ km northeast of Monastery of Martyrius.
אנדרטה לזכר נופלי מלחמת חרבות ברזל תושבי מעלה אדומים
Memorial
Photo: Sam Philipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
אנדרטה לזכר נופלי מלחמת חרבות ברזל תושבי מעלה אדומים is a memorial, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Monastery of Martyrius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ma’ale Adumim and ’Arab al-Jahalin.
Ma’ale Adumim
Photo: Labour Palestine, CC BY 2.0.
Maale Adumim is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, east of Jerusalem. It has about 37,000 residents.
’Arab al-Jahalin
Village
ʿArab al-Jahalin also known as al-Jabal is a Palestinian Bedouin neighborhood in the Jerusalem Governorate, located five kilometers southeast of Jerusalem in the West Bank.
Kedar
Village
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kedar is a rural Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located to the south of Ma'ale Adumim and organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council. Kedar is situated 3 km south of Monastery of Martyrius.
Monastery of Martyrius
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: former monastery in the West Bank
- Categories: monastery, human settlement, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77925° or 31° 46′ 45″ northLongitude
35.30048° or 35° 18′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ8H2+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 4630433734OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q2896173
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Monastery of Martyrius” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير مارتيريوس”
- French: “monastère de Martyrios”
- French: “Monastère de Martyrios”
- German: “Martyrius-Kloster”
- Hebrew: “מנזר מארטיריוס”
- Hebrew: “מנזר מרטיריוס”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Martirio”
- Ukrainian: “Мартірій Єрусалимський”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Мартирія”
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