Reason for the name
The Mukhallis is one of the names that the Christians call upon Jesus Christ because they believe that He came to redeem them.
Builder
French Fathers.
History
The land purchased and built on, in 967 AH / 1559 AD.
Shape and details
The monastery contains valuable library, school, church, orphanage, pharmacy, printing press, oven, mill and a number of craft factories.
It purchased by the French Fathers from Karaj (lands belonging to Georgia) in 967 AH / 1559 AD, it became known as the Latin Catholic Monastery and the Monastery of the Franks, also known as the Monastery of St. John the Theologian.
Became the base of their monasteries and consecrated to the guardian of the Holy Land.
It also oversees the feeding and housing of poor families of Latin Christians who in 1945 reached about 2,250 families.