Reason for the name
Named after St. George. Mar: A Syriac word means "Mr".
Builder
The Copts.
History
Around 1700 AD.
Shape and details
The monastery contains a church with a temple where the Masscelebrated on the Feast of the Martyr Mar Gerges on 7 October each year; in return, the Copts will perform mass on Christmas Eve and morning at the Armenian Church of the Nativity on the Armenian altar in Bethlehem.
