Beit Jamal Monastery
Israel, Jerusalem District

Translated from Arabic, Beit Jamal means "House of Beauty." At the top of the mountain, surrounded by olives and pines, there are two Catholic monasteries. Male - Selezians and female - Bethlehem sisters. The Selesians have settled here since 1881. A century later, part of the buildings was donated to the Order of the Sisters of Bethlehem, and the nuns who arrived here rebuilt the church and monastery with their own hands. Once upon a time there lived the great Gamliel - the teacher of the Apostle Paul. The cave has survived, where he was buried next to his other disciple, the first martyr Stephenus, stoned at the Lion's Gate of Jerusalem. In the V century, a church stood on these graves, a new one was erected on its foundation, and the mosaic of the ancient church can be seen today. The monks of Beit Jamal are surprisingly sociable, enjoy talking to tourists in different languages (even in Russian), so you can learn from the specifics of the monastic life themselves and even try wines made by the Slesians, admire the ceramic dishes and hand-made icons Sisters of Bethlehem.

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