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Monastery of Martyrius

מעלה אדומים, Italy

Monastery of Martyrius

Monastery of Martyrius, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the West Bank settlement and city of Ma'ale Adumim, was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period. It was active between the sec

ond half of the 5th and the mid-7th century.

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