APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jericho - 10 November 2021. Tourists visit the Qarantal Monastery, also known as the Mount of Temptation, where Christians believe Jesus was tempted by the devil, in the West Bank town of Jericho.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jericho - 10 November 2021. Tourists visit the Qarantal Monastery, also known as the Mount of Temptation, where Christians believe Jesus was tempted by the devil, in the West Bank town of Jericho. STORYLINE: The Monastery of the Temptation is a Greek Orthodox monastery located in Jericho, Palestine. It was built on the slopes of the Mount of Temptation 350 meters above sea level, situated along a cliff overlooking the city of Jericho and the Jordan Valley. A fortress built by the Seleucids called "Doq" stood at the summit of the mountain. It was captured by the Hasmoneans and it was here that Simon Maccabaeus was murdered by his son-in-law Ptolemy. The earliest monastery was constructed by the Byzantines in the 6th century CE above the cave traditionally said to be that where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan, about three kilometers northwest of Jericho. The monastery receives its name from the mountain which the early Christians referred to as the "Mount of the Temptation". The Mount of Temptation was identified by Augusta Helena of Constantinople as one of the "holy sites" in her pilgrimage in 326 CE. Footage by APAwire
Original caption as filed by the journalist, unedited.
APAwire clients only
Editorial use only. No alterations beyond standard cropping and colour correction.
Copyright: © APA Images
Find photos, videos and stories in your language.
Try asking
