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Holy Places Around Jerusalem

Monastery of
St. George’s Monastery
1 5
St. Gerasimos
MAP F5 • Off Route 1, 17 miles
MAP F5 • Route 90, SE of Jericho (27 km) NE of Jerusalem, Judean Hills
This complex was founded by This 5th-century Greek monastery
St. Gerasimos in the 5th century. is hewn into the side of a stunning
Nearby, Qasr al-Yehud may have gorge, Wadi Qelt.
been where John baptized Jesus. Nebi Musa
Bethany
2 6
MAP F5 • Off Route 1, 6 miles
MAP R5 • Al-Azariyya village,
(10 km) S of Jericho, Judean Hills
E of Jerusalem Sultan Baybars built a shrine to Moses
This tranquil cluster of buildings here in 1269. The cenotaph is now
marks where Jesus is believed revered by Muslims as Moses’ tomb.
to have raised Lazarus from the
Church of the Visitation
dead. There’s a Franciscan church, 7
Lazarus’ Tomb, a silver-domed MAP F4 • Ein Kerem
Greek church, and a mosque here. Designed by the Franciscan monk
Antonio Barluzzi, this two-tiered
Church of St. John
3 church commemorates Mary’s visit
the Baptist
to the mother of John the Baptist.
MAP F4 • Ein Kerem
Monastery of
This 17th-century Franciscan church 8
was built over the ruins of Byzantine the Temptation
and Crusader structures. Steps lead MAP F5 • 1 mile (2 km) N of Tel Jericho
down to the Grotto of St. John. This cliffside Greek monastery was
built around the grotto where the
Church of the Nativity
4 Devil is said to have tempted Jesus.
The traditional site of Jesus’
Cave of the Patriarchs
birth has been commemorated by 9
a church since the early 3rd century. MAP G4 • Hebron, 25 miles
Deep inside the church, the precise (40 km) S of Jerusalem
spot is marked by a 14-pointed silver Revered by Jews as the Cave of
star (see p26). Machpelah and by Muslims as the
Ibrahimi Mosque, this
perennially tense Herodian
complex – with a mosque
and a synagogue – is the
second holiest Holy Land
site for both religions.
Mar Saba
0
Monastery
MAP F5 • Off Route 398,
11 miles (17 km) E of
Bethlehem, Judean Hills
This remote desert retreat
was founded in AD 482 by
St. Saba, whose remains
are said to be inside the
church. Women cannot
enter the monastery.
Church of the Nativity
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