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Wadi Qelt

Wadi Qelt


‎Wadi Qelt, which connects the Jordan Valley with Jericho and Jerusalem served the early Christians as a detour to avoid Samaria on their way from Galilee to Jerusalem. The spectacular Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. George on its slopes some 5 kilometers west of Jericho is in admirable harmony with the topography and colors of the place. It was built in the 5th century A.D. by John of Thebes-in-Egypt, a hermit monk who lived in the wadi, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The monastery was restored in the 19th century and is now called St. George—after Georgias of Cosiba, who spent most of his life there.


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