Churches

St. George’s Monastery “of the Copts”

Located in the Maronite Quarter near the gate of Hebron.

Built
1700 CE
Built by
The Copts
Era
Ottoman

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.

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