A short drive from Bethlehem can take you to one of the most beautiful desert monasteries in the Holy Land. The Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Saba, Mar Saba in Arabic, was founded on the cliffs of ...

The 1,500 year old Mar Saba monastery, located about six miles east of Bethlehem, Palestine, is the latest site to be nominated for the World Heritage list by the UN Education, Science, and Cultural ...

Mar Saba monastery lies close to the holy city of Jerusalem, yet is located in one of the most remote sites in Israel's Judaean Desert. Even so, hundreds flocked into the wilderness in their SUV's ...

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