The Church of the Holy Archangels ( Armenian: Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի, romanized: Srbots Hreštakapetats yekeğetsi), also known as Deir ez-Zeitun (دير الزيتون Dayr az-Zaytūn, "Monastery of the Olive Tree"), [2] is an Armenian Orthodox Christian church in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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 [3] or on Mount Zion. [4]
One of the chambers supposedly was the prison of Christ. [5] [6] 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 called Dair Habs al-Masih, lit. 'monastery of the Masīḥ's prison' [7] [8]) also claims to host a prison of Christ, where he was supposed to be held after the Sanhedrin trial. [9] [10]
The monastery was founded in the 12th or 13th century. [11]
Armenian church of the Holy Archangels (Deir el-Zeitun, or 'The Monastery of the Olive Tree'), situated in the south-eastern part of the Armenian Patriarchate grounds.
The Church of the Holy Archangels ( Armenian: Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի, romanized: Srbots Hreštakapetats yekeğetsi), also known as Deir ez-Zeitun (دير الزيتون Dayr az-Zaytūn, "Monastery of the Olive Tree"), [2] is an Armenian Orthodox Christian church in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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 [3] or on Mount Zion. [4]
One of the chambers supposedly was the prison of Christ. [5] [6] 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 called Dair Habs al-Masih, lit. 'monastery of the Masīḥ's prison' [7] [8]) also claims to host a prison of Christ, where he was supposed to be held after the Sanhedrin trial. [9] [10]
The monastery was founded in the 12th or 13th century. [11]
Armenian church of the Holy Archangels (Deir el-Zeitun, or 'The Monastery of the Olive Tree'), situated in the south-eastern part of the Armenian Patriarchate grounds.