• The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas known as Mar Saba is a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley at a point halfway between the Old City...
  • An article by Heba Hrimat. 26 October, 1965 marked the most important event for the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas in recent years.
  • St. Nicholas Center. Log out. St Nicholas Church— Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified—Mar Saba.
  • Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. Summary[edit]. Description2018-10-01 The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas known in Syriac as Mar Saba.jpg.
  • Israel - West Bank - Bethlehem - Greek monastery Holy Lavra of S. ... Orthodox Monastery of St. George - one of the oldest monasteries.
  • Most tourists visiting Israel don’t know about it. Hell, many Israelis haven’t heard of it. But the Mar Saba monastery in the Judaean desert, less than 15 km...
  • From The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas. A Stronghold of Eastern Orthodox Christianity Created by God (Publishing house of the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas).
  • Today, the fifth of December, is the feast-day of Saint Sabbas, one of the great monastic fathers of the Middle East in Late Antiquity.
  • After several years, disciples began to gather around St. Sabbas, seeking the monastic life. As the number of monks increased, a lavra sprang up.