Monastery of Saint Saviour, or Abbey Church of St John the Evangelist (or Theologian)

Monastery of Saint Saviour, or Abbey Church of St John the Evangelist (or Theologian) - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Monastery of Saint Saviour () is a Catholic Franciscan monastery located on 1 Saint Francis Street, east of the New Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. The site was purchased from the Georgian Orthodox Church in 1560 with permission of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire, and the monastery was constructed in stages. The church building was erected in 1885, with renovation in 1985. The site includes a printing press, an organ workshop, a library and a Catholic school. Read more on Wikipedia

type: monastery
date from: 1560

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