Monastery of the Cross

Monastery of the Cross
دير الصليب / Deir as-Salib[1]
Religion
AffiliationEastern Orthodox Church
Location
LocationJerusalem
Palestine grid1697/1309
Geographic coordinates31°46′19.56″N 35°12′28.8″E / 31.7721000°N 35.208000°E / 31.7721000; 35.208000
The monastery in the snow
The church in the monastery

The Monastery of the Cross (Arabic: دير الصليب, Dayr al-Salīb; Hebrew: מנזר המצלבה; Greek: Μοναστήρι του Σταυρού, Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი, jvris monast'eri) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, pp. 293, 315