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The Church of the Holy Archangels ( hy, Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի, Srbots Hreštakapetats yekeğetsi), also known as Deir ez-Zeitun ( , "Monastery of the Olive Tree"), is an Armenian Orthodox Christian church in the Armenian Quarter of the
The Church of the Holy Archangels ( hy, Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի, Srbots Hreštakapetats yekeğetsi), also known as Deir ez-Zeitun ( , "Monastery of the Olive Tree"), is an Armenian Orthodox Christian church in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City Old City often refers to old town, the historic or original core of a city or town.
Old City may refer to several places:
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of Jerusalem.
Traditions
According to a tradition, this site was the house of High Priest Annas, although earlier traditions also placed the house at different sites, such as on Jehoshaphat Street or onMount Zion
Mount Zion ( he, הַר צִיּוֹן, ''Har Ṣīyyōn''; ar, جبل صهيون, ''Jabal Sahyoun'') is a hill in Jerusalem, located just outside the walls of the Old City (Jerusalem), Old City. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew ...
.
One of the chambers supposedly was the prison of Christ. However, the gospels have divergent accounts about whether Jesus was brought to Annas' or Caiaphas' house/court. Therefore, the Armenian Monastery of Saint Saviour (the "House of Caiaphas") also has a prison of Christ.
History
The monastery was founded in the 12th or 13th century.. "origin for this church in opting for a date in the second half of the thirteenth Another opinion is that itwas probably built before 1187."References
* * {{Jerusalem Old City Armenian Apostolic churches in Jerusalem