Convent of Mar Saba. The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas

Vintage 19th century photograph: Convent of Mar Saba. The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, known in Syriac as Mar Saba, is a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley at a point halfway between the Old City of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, within the Bethlehem Governorate of the West Bank. The monks of Mar Saba and those of subsidiary houses are known as Sabaites. Image c.1890

Archiecture Bethlehem Convent Governorate Halfway Kidron Lavra Monks Orthodox Overlooking Saba Subsidiary Syriac

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