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		<title>Nick at 09:44, 27 October 2018</title>
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		<author><name>Nick</name></author>
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		<title>Nick at 09:44, 27 October 2018</title>
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		<updated>2018-10-27T09:44:21Z</updated>

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		<title>Nick at 09:43, 27 October 2018</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Image:Marsava.jpg|thumb|Mar Saba, in the [[Kidron Valley]].]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[1]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; known in Syriac as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mar Saba&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܒܐ, دير مار سابا; |מנזר מר סבא; Ἱερὰ Λαύρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Σάββα τοῦ Ἡγιασμένου; Mânǎstirea Sfântul Sava), is an [[Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christian]] [[Christian monasticism|monastery]] overlooking the [[Kidron Valley]] at a point halfway between the [[Old City of Jerusalem]] and the [[Dead Sea]],&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[2]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; within the [[Bethlehem Governorate]] of the [[West Bank]].&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[3]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; The monks of Mar Saba and those of subsidiary houses are known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sabaites&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Mar Saba is occasionally referred to as the [[Convent]] or [[Monastery]] of Santa Sabba.&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[4]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;[[John Lloyd Stephens]] (1837) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[1]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; known in Syriac as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mar Saba&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܒܐ, دير مار سابا; |מנזר מר סבא; Ἱερὰ Λαύρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Σάββα τοῦ Ἡγιασμένου; Mânǎstirea Sfântul Sava), is an [[Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christian]] [[Christian monasticism|monastery]] overlooking the [[Kidron Valley]] at a point halfway between the [[Old City of Jerusalem]] and the [[Dead Sea]],&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[2]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; within the [[Bethlehem Governorate]] of the [[West Bank]].&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[3]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; The monks of Mar Saba and those of subsidiary houses are known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sabaites&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Mar Saba is occasionally referred to as the [[Convent]] or [[Monastery]] of Santa Sabba.&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[4]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;[[John Lloyd Stephens]] (1837) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mar Saba is where [[Morton Smith]] purportedly found a copy of [[Mar Saba letter|a letter]] ascribed to [[Clement of Alexandria]] containing excerpts of a so-called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Secret Gospel of Mark]],&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[6]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; and was for several centuries home to the [[Archimedes Palimpsest]].&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[7]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mar Saba is where [[Morton Smith]] purportedly found a copy of [[Mar Saba letter|a letter]] ascribed to [[Clement of Alexandria]] containing excerpts of a so-called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Secret Gospel of Mark]],&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[6]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; and was for several centuries home to the [[Archimedes Palimpsest]].&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[7]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Nick at 09:43, 27 October 2018</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Palestine-2013-Aerial-Mar Saba Monastery.jpg|thumb|Mar Saba seen from the air.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Palestine-2013-Aerial-Mar Saba Monastery.jpg|thumb|Mar Saba seen from the air.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &#039;&#039;&#039;Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;A &lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[lavra]] was historically a semi-[[eremitic]]al monastic community, but most lavras today only have the name for historical reasons and follow a more centralized [[cenobitic monasticism|coenobitic&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] regimen.&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; known in Syriac as &#039;&#039;&#039;Mar Saba&#039;&#039;&#039; (ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܒܐ, دير مار سابا; |מנזר מר סבא; Ἱερὰ Λαύρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Σάββα τοῦ Ἡγιασμένου; Mânǎstirea Sfântul Sava), is an [[Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christian]] [[Christian monasticism|monastery]] overlooking the [[Kidron Valley]] at a point halfway between the [[Old City of Jerusalem]] and the [[Dead Sea]],&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{cite web|title=Mar Saba Monastery|url=http://www.wysinfo.com/Dead_Sea/ds_travellers_notes.htm|accessdate=24 July 2016}}&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; within the [[Bethlehem Governorate]] of the [[West Bank]].&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref name=&quot;UNESCO consideration&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{cite news|last1=Melhem|first1=Ahmad|title=Ancient Palestinian monastery under UNESCO consideration|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/05/west-bank-palestine-old-monastery-unesco-heritage-list.html|accessdate=24 July 2016|work=[&lt;/del&gt;[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Al Monitor]&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|date=9 May 2016}}&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; The monks of Mar Saba and those of subsidiary houses are known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sabaites&#039;&#039;&#039;. Mar Saba is occasionally referred to as the [[Convent]] or [[Monastery]] of Santa Sabba.&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;[[John Lloyd Stephens]] (1837) &#039;&#039;Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land&#039;&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &#039;&#039;&#039;Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/ins&gt;]&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt; known in Syriac as &#039;&#039;&#039;Mar Saba&#039;&#039;&#039; (ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܒܐ, دير مار سابا; |מנזר מר סבא; Ἱερὰ Λαύρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Σάββα τοῦ Ἡγιασμένου; Mânǎstirea Sfântul Sava), is an [[Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christian]] [[Christian monasticism|monastery]] overlooking the [[Kidron Valley]] at a point halfway between the [[Old City of Jerusalem]] and the [[Dead Sea]],&amp;lt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt; within the [[Bethlehem Governorate]] of the [[West Bank]].&amp;lt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;3&lt;/ins&gt;]&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt; The monks of Mar Saba and those of subsidiary houses are known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Sabaites&#039;&#039;&#039;. Mar Saba is occasionally referred to as the [[Convent]] or [[Monastery]] of Santa Sabba.&amp;lt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&amp;gt;[4]&amp;lt;/sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;[[John Lloyd Stephens]] (1837) &#039;&#039;Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The monastery was founded by [[Sabbas the Sanctified]] in the year 483.&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;http://doaks.org/resources/publications/doaks-online-publications/byzantine-monastic-foundation-documents/typ055.pdf Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents&lt;/del&gt;] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042236/http://doaks.org/resources/publications/doaks-online-publications/byzantine-monastic-foundation-documents/typ055.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; Today, the complex houses around 20 [[monk]]s. It is considered to be one of the oldest inhabited monasteries in the world, and still maintains many of its ancient traditions. One in particular is the restriction on [[women in Christianity|women]] entering the main compound. The only building that women can enter is the Women&#039;s Tower, near the main entrance. The monastery is closed for visitors on Wednesdays and Fridays (the fasting days of the week).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The monastery was founded by [[Sabbas the Sanctified]] in the year 483.&amp;lt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;5&lt;/ins&gt;]&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt; Today, the complex houses around 20 [[monk]]s. It is considered to be one of the oldest inhabited monasteries in the world, and still maintains many of its ancient traditions. One in particular is the restriction on [[women in Christianity|women]] entering the main compound. The only building that women can enter is the Women&#039;s Tower, near the main entrance. The monastery is closed for visitors on Wednesdays and Fridays (the fasting days of the week).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The monastery holds the [[relic]]s of Saint Sabbas. The relics were seized by Latin [[crusaders]] in the 12th century and remained in [[Italy]] until [[Pope Paul VI]] returned them to the monastery in 1965 as a gesture of repentance and good will towards [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The monastery holds the [[relic]]s of Saint Sabbas. The relics were seized by Latin [[crusaders]] in the 12th century and remained in [[Italy]] until [[Pope Paul VI]] returned them to the monastery in 1965 as a gesture of repentance and good will towards [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mar Saba was also the home of [[John of Damascus|St. John of Damascus]] (676 - 749), a key religious figure in the [[Iconoclastic Controversy]], who, around 726, wrote letters to the Byzantine emperor [[Leo III the Isaurian]] refuting his edicts prohibiting the veneration of [[icon]]s (images of Christ or other Christian religious figures). John  worked as a high financial officer to the Muslim [[Caliph]] [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan|Abd al-Malik]]; he eventually felt a higher calling and migrated to the [[Judaean desert]], where he was [[tonsure]]d a monk and was [[ordained]] a [[hieromonk]] (monastic priest) at the Monastery of Mar Saba. St. John&amp;#039;s tomb lies in a cave under the monastery.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mar Saba was also the home of [[John of Damascus|St. John of Damascus]] (676 - 749), a key religious figure in the [[Iconoclastic Controversy]], who, around 726, wrote letters to the Byzantine emperor [[Leo III the Isaurian]] refuting his edicts prohibiting the veneration of [[icon]]s (images of Christ or other Christian religious figures). John  worked as a high financial officer to the Muslim [[Caliph]] [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan|Abd al-Malik]]; he eventually felt a higher calling and migrated to the [[Judaean desert]], where he was [[tonsure]]d a monk and was [[ordained]] a [[hieromonk]] (monastic priest) at the Monastery of Mar Saba. St. John&amp;#039;s tomb lies in a cave under the monastery.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The monastery is important in the historical development of the [[liturgy]] of the [[Orthodox Church]] in that the monastic [[Typicon]] (manner of celebrating worship services) of Saint Sabbas became the standard throughout the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and those &quot;Uniate&quot; or [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] under the Roman pope which follow the [[Byzantine Rite]]. The Typicon took the standard form of services which were celebrated in the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem|Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] and added some specifically monastic usages which were local traditions at Saint Sabbas. From there it spread to [[Constantinople]], and thence throughout the [[Byzantine]] world. Although this Typicon has undergone further evolution, particularly at the Monastery of the [[Stoudion]] in Constantinople, it is still referred to as the &#039;&#039;Typicon of Saint Sabas&#039;&#039;. A tradition states that this monastery will host the last [[Divine Liturgy]] on earth before the [[parousia]] of Jesus Christ, therefore the last pillar of true Christianity.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{cn|date=September 2018}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The monastery is important in the historical development of the [[liturgy]] of the [[Orthodox Church]] in that the monastic [[Typicon]] (manner of celebrating worship services) of Saint Sabbas became the standard throughout the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and those &quot;Uniate&quot; or [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] under the Roman pope which follow the [[Byzantine Rite]]. The Typicon took the standard form of services which were celebrated in the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem|Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] and added some specifically monastic usages which were local traditions at Saint Sabbas. From there it spread to [[Constantinople]], and thence throughout the [[Byzantine]] world. Although this Typicon has undergone further evolution, particularly at the Monastery of the [[Stoudion]] in Constantinople, it is still referred to as the &#039;&#039;Typicon of Saint Sabas&#039;&#039;. A tradition states that this monastery will host the last [[Divine Liturgy]] on earth before the [[parousia]] of Jesus Christ, therefore the last pillar of true Christianity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mar Saba is where [[Morton Smith]] purportedly found a copy of [[Mar Saba letter|a letter]] ascribed to [[Clement of Alexandria]] containing excerpts of a so-called &#039;&#039;[[Secret Gospel of Mark]],&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Morton Smith, &#039;&#039;Clement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark&#039;&#039; (Harvard University Press) 1973&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; and was for several centuries home to the [[Archimedes Palimpsest]].&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ref name=&quot;thearchimedespalimpsestproject&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{cite web&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;url=http&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;//archimedespalimpsest&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;org/about/history/index.php&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;title=&lt;/del&gt;The &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;History of &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Archimedes Manuscript&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;author=The Archimedes Palimpsest Project&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;publisher=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mar Saba is where [[Morton Smith]] purportedly found a copy of [[Mar Saba letter|a letter]] ascribed to [[Clement of Alexandria]] containing excerpts of a so-called &#039;&#039;[[Secret Gospel of Mark]],&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[6]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt; and was for several centuries home to the [[Archimedes Palimpsest]].&amp;lt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sup&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[7]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Image:Mar Saba (Photo by Jean &amp;amp; Nathalie, 2011).jpg&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mar Saba Monastery, 2011]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Image&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mar Saba Women&#039;s Tower&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;jpg&lt;/ins&gt;|The &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Women&#039;s Tower at Mar Saba Monastery is &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;only building on the grounds that women are allowed to enter.]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Image:(1453) Marsaba Klosteret.jpg&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mar Saba seen from a distance.]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Image:Marsava.jpg&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mar Saba, in the [[Kidron Valley]].]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;gallery widths=&quot;154px&quot; heights=&quot;200px&quot; perrow=&quot;4&quot; caption=&quot;&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;File:Mar Saba (Photo by Jean &amp;amp; Nathalie, 2011).jpg|Mar Saba Monastery, 2011&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;File:Mar Saba Women&#039;s Tower.jpg|The Women&#039;s Tower at Mar Saba Monastery is the only building on the grounds that women are allowed to enter.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;File:(1453) Marsaba Klosteret.jpg|Mar Saba seen from a distance.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;File:Marsava.jpg|Mar Saba, in the [[Kidron Valley]].&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==See also==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l24&quot;&gt;Line 24:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 24:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* 1. A [[lavra]] was historically a semi-[[eremitic]]al monastic community, but most lavras today only have the name for historical reasons and follow a more centralized [[cenobitic monasticism|coenobitic]] regimen.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* 2. &quot;[http://www.wysinfo.com/Dead_Sea/ds_travellers_notes.htm Mar Saba Monastery]&quot;.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* 3. Melhem, Ahmad (9 May 2016). &quot;[http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/05/west-bank-palestine-old-monastery-unesco-heritage-list.html Ancient Palestinian monastery under UNESCO consideration]&quot;. Al Monitor. Retrieved 24 July 2016.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* 4. [[John Lloyd Stephens]] (1837) &#039;&#039;Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* 5. [http://doaks.org/resources/publications/doaks-online-publications/byzantine-monastic-foundation-documents/typ055.pdf Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* 6. Morton Smith, &#039;&#039;Clement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark&#039;&#039; (Harvard University Press) 1973&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* 7.  The Archimedes Palimpsest Project. &quot;[http://archimedespalimpsest.org/about/history/index.php The History of the Archimedes Manuscript]&quot;.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==External links==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==External links==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Nick</name></author>
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		<title>Nick: New page: Mar Saba seen from the air. The &#039;&#039;&#039;Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas&#039;&#039;&#039;,&lt;ref&gt;A lavra was historically a semi-eremitical monast...</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;New page: &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/File:Palestine-2013-Aerial-Mar_Saba_Monastery.jpg&quot; title=&quot;File:Palestine-2013-Aerial-Mar Saba Monastery.jpg&quot;&gt;thumb|Mar Saba seen from the air.&lt;/a&gt; The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Lavra&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Lavra (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;lavra&lt;/a&gt; was historically a semi-&lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Eremitic&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Eremitic (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;eremitical&lt;/a&gt; monast...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Palestine-2013-Aerial-Mar Saba Monastery.jpg|thumb|Mar Saba seen from the air.]]&lt;br /&gt;
The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;A [[lavra]] was historically a semi-[[eremitic]]al monastic community, but most lavras today only have the name for historical reasons and follow a more centralized [[cenobitic monasticism|coenobitic]] regimen.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; known in Syriac as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mar Saba&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܒܐ, دير مار سابا; |מנזר מר סבא; Ἱερὰ Λαύρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Σάββα τοῦ Ἡγιασμένου; Mânǎstirea Sfântul Sava), is an [[Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christian]] [[Christian monasticism|monastery]] overlooking the [[Kidron Valley]] at a point halfway between the [[Old City of Jerusalem]] and the [[Dead Sea]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Mar Saba Monastery|url=http://www.wysinfo.com/Dead_Sea/ds_travellers_notes.htm|accessdate=24 July 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; within the [[Bethlehem Governorate]] of the [[West Bank]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;UNESCO consideration&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|last1=Melhem|first1=Ahmad|title=Ancient Palestinian monastery under UNESCO consideration|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/05/west-bank-palestine-old-monastery-unesco-heritage-list.html|accessdate=24 July 2016|work=[[Al Monitor]]|date=9 May 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The monks of Mar Saba and those of subsidiary houses are known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sabaites&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Mar Saba is occasionally referred to as the [[Convent]] or [[Monastery]] of Santa Sabba.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[[John Lloyd Stephens]] (1837) &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The monastery was founded by [[Sabbas the Sanctified]] in the year 483.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://doaks.org/resources/publications/doaks-online-publications/byzantine-monastic-foundation-documents/typ055.pdf Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042236/http://doaks.org/resources/publications/doaks-online-publications/byzantine-monastic-foundation-documents/typ055.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Today, the complex houses around 20 [[monk]]s. It is considered to be one of the oldest inhabited monasteries in the world, and still maintains many of its ancient traditions. One in particular is the restriction on [[women in Christianity|women]] entering the main compound. The only building that women can enter is the Women&amp;#039;s Tower, near the main entrance. The monastery is closed for visitors on Wednesdays and Fridays (the fasting days of the week).&lt;br /&gt;
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The monastery holds the [[relic]]s of Saint Sabbas. The relics were seized by Latin [[crusaders]] in the 12th century and remained in [[Italy]] until [[Pope Paul VI]] returned them to the monastery in 1965 as a gesture of repentance and good will towards [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Mar Saba was also the home of [[John of Damascus|St. John of Damascus]] (676 - 749), a key religious figure in the [[Iconoclastic Controversy]], who, around 726, wrote letters to the Byzantine emperor [[Leo III the Isaurian]] refuting his edicts prohibiting the veneration of [[icon]]s (images of Christ or other Christian religious figures). John  worked as a high financial officer to the Muslim [[Caliph]] [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan|Abd al-Malik]]; he eventually felt a higher calling and migrated to the [[Judaean desert]], where he was [[tonsure]]d a monk and was [[ordained]] a [[hieromonk]] (monastic priest) at the Monastery of Mar Saba. St. John&amp;#039;s tomb lies in a cave under the monastery.&lt;br /&gt;
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The monastery is important in the historical development of the [[liturgy]] of the [[Orthodox Church]] in that the monastic [[Typicon]] (manner of celebrating worship services) of Saint Sabbas became the standard throughout the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and those &amp;quot;Uniate&amp;quot; or [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] under the Roman pope which follow the [[Byzantine Rite]]. The Typicon took the standard form of services which were celebrated in the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem|Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] and added some specifically monastic usages which were local traditions at Saint Sabbas. From there it spread to [[Constantinople]], and thence throughout the [[Byzantine]] world. Although this Typicon has undergone further evolution, particularly at the Monastery of the [[Stoudion]] in Constantinople, it is still referred to as the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Typicon of Saint Sabas&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. A tradition states that this monastery will host the last [[Divine Liturgy]] on earth before the [[parousia]] of Jesus Christ, therefore the last pillar of true Christianity.{{cn|date=September 2018}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Mar Saba is where [[Morton Smith]] purportedly found a copy of [[Mar Saba letter|a letter]] ascribed to [[Clement of Alexandria]] containing excerpts of a so-called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Secret Gospel of Mark]],&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Morton Smith, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Clement of Alexandria and a Secret Gospel of Mark&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Harvard University Press) 1973&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and was for several centuries home to the [[Archimedes Palimpsest]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;thearchimedespalimpsestproject&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://archimedespalimpsest.org/about/history/index.php|title=The History of the Archimedes Manuscript|author=The Archimedes Palimpsest Project|publisher=}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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File:Mar Saba (Photo by Jean &amp;amp; Nathalie, 2011).jpg|Mar Saba Monastery, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
File:Mar Saba Women&amp;#039;s Tower.jpg|The Women&amp;#039;s Tower at Mar Saba Monastery is the only building on the grounds that women are allowed to enter.&lt;br /&gt;
File:(1453) Marsaba Klosteret.jpg|Mar Saba seen from a distance.&lt;br /&gt;
File:Marsava.jpg|Mar Saba, in the [[Kidron Valley]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[War of Saint Sabas]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Serapheim Savvaitis]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:439 establishments]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Greek culture]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Greek Orthodox monasteries]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Christian monasteries in the West Bank]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Christian monasteries established in the 5th century]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Greek Orthodoxy in the State of Palestine]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Tourist attractions in the State of Palestine]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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