Al-Banat Monastery

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Al-Banat Monastery

It’s located between the Holy Virgin and Saint Dimitri monasteries. It was built for the Roman Orthodox by the patriarch Elias I. It contains two churches; one is on the ground and named after Saint Melania, and the other is above it and is called Mary the Great, or the Fair Maiden, Church.

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