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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

Deir Hajla Greek Orthodox Monastery - next to Jericho

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

Dir Hajla Monastery north of the Dead Sea

The iconostasis of the upper church is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in the church

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

Saint Gerasimos Monastery (Dir Hajla) - A Nakos

A wooden (or metal) objects called NAKOS date back to the 19th century when the Muslim rulers forbade Christians to ring church bells. The Orthodox monks beat on the nakos like...

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

The apse of Dir Hajla / Saint Gerasimos monastery

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

The crusader hall in Deir Hajla monastery

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

Pilgrims candles - Saint Gersimos monastery

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

The walls of Deir Hajla / Saint Gerasimos monastery

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

The upper church of saint Gerasimos monastery

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

The apse in the upper church - Deir Hajla

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

The inner courtyard of Deir Hajla Monastery

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery

Monks skulls from the Persian invasion in 614 CE

The Persian invasion to the Holy Land in 614 AD, resulted in the massacre of many Byzantine monks whose skulls are still kept within the Greek Orthodox Monasteries all over the...

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Saint Gerasimos - Deir Hajla Monastery