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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maale-Adumim-St-Martyrius-monastery-370.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Maale-Adumim-St-Martyrius-monastery-370.jpg/350px-Maale-Adumim-St-Martyrius-monastery-370.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Maale-Adumim-St-Martyrius-monastery-370.jpg/525px-Maale-Adumim-St-Martyrius-monastery-370.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Maale-Adumim-St-Martyrius-monastery-370.jpg/700px-Maale-Adumim-St-Martyrius-monastery-370.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Monastery of Martyrius, Ma'ale Adumim</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Monastery of Martyrius</b>, whose ruins, known as <b>Khirbet el-Murassas</b> in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a> settlement and city of <a href="/wiki/Ma%27ale_Adumim" title="Ma'ale Adumim">Ma'ale Adumim</a>, was one of the most important centres of <a href="/wiki/Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Monasteries">monastic</a> life in the <a href="/wiki/Judean_Desert" class="mw-redirect" title="Judean Desert">Judean Desert</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine">Byzantine</a> period.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was active between the second half of the 5th and the mid-7th century. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mosaic_at_the_Monastery_of_Martyrius.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Mosaic_at_the_Monastery_of_Martyrius.jpg/220px-Mosaic_at_the_Monastery_of_Martyrius.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Mosaic_at_the_Monastery_of_Martyrius.jpg/330px-Mosaic_at_the_Monastery_of_Martyrius.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Mosaic_at_the_Monastery_of_Martyrius.jpg/440px-Mosaic_at_the_Monastery_of_Martyrius.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Part of the mosaic at the Monastery of Martyrius</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Martyrius_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Martyrius of Jerusalem">Martyrius</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Cappadocia" title="Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>) during the first half of the fifth century. After spending some time at the <a href="/wiki/Laura_of_Euthymius" class="mw-redirect" title="Laura of Euthymius">Laura of Euthymius</a> in 457 CE, he lived as a hermit in a nearby cave. Later, After entering the Holy Orders, Martyrius served as a priest of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. He succeeded <a href="/wiki/Anastasius_of_Jerusalem" title="Anastasius of Jerusalem">Anastasius of Jerusalem</a> as <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem">Patriarch of Jerusalem</a> in 478 and served until 486. It is believed that he built the monastery along the road from Jericho to Jerusalem bearing his name at this time.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Martyrius of Jerusalem was <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem">the Patriarch of Jerusalem</a> from 478 to 486.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sallustius_of_Jerusalem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sallustius of Jerusalem (page does not exist)">Sallustius of Jerusalem</a>. </p><p>It was probably during his term as patriarch that Martyrius built the Monastery of Martyrius in the Judean hills east of Jerusalem. Martyrius reposed on April 13, 486. </p><p>The <i>xenodocheion</i> (pilgrim hostelry) was a source of considerable income to the <a href="/wiki/Sabaite" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabaite">Sabaite</a> monks of the <i>coenobium</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The monastery was damaged during the Persian invasion in 614 CE and was abandoned after the Arab conquest in the mid-7th century.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="19th-century_description">19th-century description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 19th-century description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Good_Samaritan_museum_018-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Good_Samaritan_museum_018-1.jpg/150px-Good_Samaritan_museum_018-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Good_Samaritan_museum_018-1.jpg/225px-Good_Samaritan_museum_018-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Good_Samaritan_museum_018-1.jpg/300px-Good_Samaritan_museum_018-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Gravestone of Paulos, <a href="/wiki/Presbyter" title="Presbyter">presbyter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archimandrite" title="Archimandrite">archimandrite</a> of the monastery during Martyrius' time as Patriarch of Jerusalem (478-486), on display at the Museum of the Good Samaritan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Good_Samaritan_museum_016-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Good_Samaritan_museum_016-1.jpg/250px-Good_Samaritan_museum_016-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Good_Samaritan_museum_016-1.jpg/375px-Good_Samaritan_museum_016-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Good_Samaritan_museum_016-1.jpg/500px-Good_Samaritan_museum_016-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Marble table from the monastery, on display at the Museum of the Good Samaritan</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Exploration_Fund" title="Palestine Exploration Fund">Palestine Exploration Fund</a>'s <i>Survey of Western Palestine</i> visited and measured up <i>Khurbet el Murussus</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1874. They described it as: </p> <blockquote><p>A ruined monastery with a chapel, the foundations only remaining. The building has a total measure of 270 feet east and west on a line 86° west. The width north and south is about 90 feet. The chapel to the east has three <a href="/wiki/Apse" title="Apse">apses</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> 18 feet 3 inches diameter, the <a href="/wiki/Aisle" title="Aisle">aisles</a> 15 feet 6 inches. The length inside from the back of the apse is 64 feet. The northern aisle is almost entirely destroyed. Remains of <a href="/wiki/Tessera" title="Tessera">tesselated</a> pavement occur on the floor of the southern aisle. The chapel has an atrium on the west and narrow <a href="/wiki/Cloisters" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloisters">cloisters</a> on the north and south. In the latter is a <a href="/wiki/Water_well" class="mw-redirect" title="Water well">well</a>. A tower of later date (Shunet Murussus) has been built in the south-west corner of the building, and to the south of this are remains of the cobble-pavement (whence the place is named), in a courtyard the eastern wall of which is visible. The tesselated pavement of the chapel has a simple pattern, red, white, blue and black. West of the building there is a <a href="/wiki/Cistern" title="Cistern">cistern</a> mouth with an <a href="/wiki/Octagonal" class="mw-redirect" title="Octagonal">octagonal</a> cover, 6 feet 4 inches diameter, or 2 feet side. The <a href="/wiki/Maltese_cross" title="Maltese cross">Maltese cross</a> is cut on each side of this octagon. The cover may perhaps have been originally a font removed from its proper place. The cistern beneath is of considerable extent, and has to the north another entrance, with steps leading down. A water-channel runs some 10 yards south-west to a small reservoir, about 10 feet square, which was fed from the larger cistern. One of the stones in the building was measured and found to be 3 feet 1 inch long, 1 foot 5 inches high, 2 feet 2 inches thick. The stones in the tower are older material used up; one had a cross, in a <a href="/wiki/Lozenge_(shape)" title="Lozenge (shape)">lozenge</a> and square, cut on it. The ruin stands on a hill 500 feet above the valleys, and there are traces of a considerable site and other cisterns of good size. Between the ruin and <i>Khurbet ed Dikki</i> there is a rude erection which looks almost like a dolmen. Two slabs rest on others, and below there is a small semicircular platform of unhewn stones, and lower down a small natural cave."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_excavation">Recent excavation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recent excavation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1982–1985, the remains of the Monastery of Martyrius (Khirbet Murassas) were uncovered on a hill overlooking the road from <a href="/wiki/Jericho" title="Jericho">Jericho</a> to Jerusalem.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site was excavated by Yitzhak Magen of the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Antiquities_Authority" title="Israel Antiquities Authority">Israel Antiquities Authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archaeological_findings">Archaeological findings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Archaeological findings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_28406_Monastery_of_Martyrius.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/PikiWiki_Israel_28406_Monastery_of_Martyrius.JPG/220px-PikiWiki_Israel_28406_Monastery_of_Martyrius.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/PikiWiki_Israel_28406_Monastery_of_Martyrius.JPG/330px-PikiWiki_Israel_28406_Monastery_of_Martyrius.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/PikiWiki_Israel_28406_Monastery_of_Martyrius.JPG/440px-PikiWiki_Israel_28406_Monastery_of_Martyrius.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Mosaic floor, Monastery of Martyrius</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Walls_and_gate">Walls and gate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Walls and gate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The square-shaped compound of the monastery covers an area of 2.5 acres (10,000 m<sup>2</sup>). It is surrounded by walls preserved to a height of two meters. The gate was located in the eastern wall. A round rolling-stone, 2.5 meters in diameter, was found inside the gate, probably for additional protection.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Layout">Layout</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Layout"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The monastery was built around a large courtyard and included a church, several chapels, a refectory, a kitchen, a storeroom, a bathhouse, residential quarters and an animal pen. Outside the wall was a pilgrims hostel.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_church">Main church</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Main church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main church was paved with colorful mosaics in geometric patterns interspersed with pictures of animals. A <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> inscription mentions the abbots Genesius and Iohannes.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Burial_cave">Burial cave</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Burial cave"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the northern side of the complex is a cave in which several skeletons were found. A Greek inscription cites the names of three priests buried there. It is believed this is the cave where Martyrius lived before joining the church hierarchy in Jerusalem.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Refectory_and_kitchen">Refectory and kitchen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Refectory and kitchen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Refectory" title="Refectory">refectory</a> is surrounded by stone benches and divided by two rows of columns which supported a second story. The floor, discovered intact, is covered with mosaics in geometrical designs. The kitchen was also paved with mosaics and contained marble tables. Hundreds of ceramic vessels, cooking pots and wine cups were found there.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pilgrims_hostel">Pilgrims hostel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pilgrims hostel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The hostel provided guests with a chapel, sleeping quarters and a stable.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_supply">Water supply</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Water supply"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Numerous rock-cut cisterns were found, as were canals for collecting and channelling rainwater into the cisterns.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>A massive, two-aisled vaulted cistern was found, hewn from rocks. The cistern could hold 20,000-30,000 m3 of water which may have been used to irrigate vegetable gardens and fruit plantations.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When one cistern was filled, the overflow was conveyed to another. <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adummim" title="Adummim">Adummim</a>, biblical place-name connected to the ascent of Adummim, leading up from Jericho towards Jerusalem</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeology of Palestine">Archaeology of Palestine</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-923666-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-923666-6">0-19-923666-6</a> p 335</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jericho-city.org/etemplate.php?id=19">Jericho</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917020530/http://www.jericho-city.org/etemplate.php?id=19">Archived</a> 2008-09-17 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Municipality Official Website Historical site</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autogenerated1-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/monastery.html">Jewish virtual library</a> The Monastery of Martyrius</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/πατριάρχης/ἀποστολική-διαδοχή/">Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Patrich Joseph (2001) The Sabaite Heritage in the Orthodox Church from the Fifth Century to the Present Peeters Publishers, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-429-0976-5" title="Special:BookSources/90-429-0976-5">90-429-0976-5</a> p 319</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">meaning <i>The ruin of the place of the rubble</i>; probably from the pavement of <a href="/wiki/Cobblestone" title="Cobblestone">cobble stones</a> in the ruins, according to Palmer, 1881, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/309/mode/1up">309</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/121/mode/1up">121</a>-122, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/165/mode/1up">165</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Monastery of Martyrius at Ma'ale Adummim: A Guide</i>, Yitzhak Magen, Israel Antiquities Authority, 1993</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBowdenLavanMachado2004" class="citation book cs1">Bowden, William; Lavan, Luke; Machado, Carlos (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fFhsk-ccTsAC&dq=monastery+maale+adumim+magen&pg=PA462"><i>Recent Research on the Late Antique Countryside</i></a>. BRILL. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-13607-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-04-13607-6"><bdi>978-90-04-13607-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Recent+Research+on+the+Late+Antique+Countryside&rft.pub=BRILL&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-90-04-13607-6&rft.aulast=Bowden&rft.aufirst=William&rft.au=Lavan%2C+Luke&rft.au=Machado%2C+Carlos&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfFhsk-ccTsAC%26dq%3Dmonastery%2Bmaale%2Badumim%2Bmagen%26pg%3DPA462&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMonastery+of+Martyrius" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Monastery of Martyrius at Ma'ale Adummim: A guide</i>, Yitzhak Magen, Israel Antiquities Authority, 1993, p/61</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConderKitchener1883" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Claude_Reignier_Conder" title="Claude Reignier Conder">Conder, C.R.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener" title="Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener">Kitchener, H.H.</a> (1883). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp03conduoft"><i>The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology</i></a>. Vol. 3. London: <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Exploration_Fund" title="Palestine Exploration Fund">Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Survey+of+Western+Palestine%3A+Memoirs+of+the+Topography%2C+Orography%2C+Hydrography%2C+and+Archaeology&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Committee+of+the+Palestine+Exploration+Fund&rft.date=1883&rft.aulast=Conder&rft.aufirst=C.R.&rft.au=Kitchener%2C+H.H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsurveyofwesternp03conduoft&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMonastery+of+Martyrius" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPalmer1881" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Henry_Palmer" title="Edward Henry Palmer">Palmer, E.H.</a> (1881). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft"><i>The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Exploration_Fund" title="Palestine Exploration Fund">Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Survey+of+Western+Palestine%3A+Arabic+and+English+Name+Lists+Collected+During+the+Survey+by+Lieutenants+Conder+and+Kitchener%2C+R.+E.+Transliterated+and+Explained+by+E.H.+Palmer&rft.pub=Committee+of+the+Palestine+Exploration+Fund&rft.date=1881&rft.aulast=Palmer&rft.aufirst=E.H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsurveyofwesternp00conduoft&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMonastery+of+Martyrius" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_sources">External sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monastery_of_Martyrius&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181103051759/http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8379">IAA</a>, <a href="/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.17.jpg" title="File:Survey of Western Palestine 1880.17.jpg">Wikimedia commons</a></li> <li>Map showing location of monastery in Ma'ale Adumim (Hebrew) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.jr.co.il/ma/monast.htm">http://www.jr.co.il/ma/monast.htm</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblewalks.com/sites/MartiriusMonastery.html">BibleWalks.com article with pictures and plans</a></li></ul> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output 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