Saint John Monastery
Saint John Monastery is a church in West Bank, Palestine. Saint John Monastery is situated nearby to the church St. John the Baptist Monastery (Franciscan Order), as well as near Qasr al Yahud.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qasr al Yahud.
Qasr al Yahud
Church
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qasr al-Yahud, also known as Al-Maghtas, is the western section of the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist on the Jordan River. Qasr al Yahud is situated 680 metres east of Saint John Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Maghtas and Beit HaArava.
Al Maghtas
Locality
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period.
Beit HaArava
Village
Photo: Dnd man, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit HaArava is an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in the West Bank. Located near the Dead Sea and Jericho at the eponymous Beit HaArava Junction, the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council. Beit HaArava is situated 7 km southwest of Saint John Monastery.
Jericho
Jericho, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of Dead Sea and some 55 km from Jerusalem.
Saint John Monastery
- Opening hours: closed
- Type: Church
- Categories: building, ruins, historic site, and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.83818° or 31° 50′ 17″ northLongitude
35.53893° or 35° 32′ 20″ eastOpen location code
8G3QRGQQ+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 286172932OpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Saint John Monastery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر اليهود”
- Hebrew: “קסר אל יהוד”
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