Monastery of St. Theodosius
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Monastery of St. Theodosius
The Monastery of St. Theodosius, Deir Dosi and Deir Ibn Ubeid in Arabic,[1] is the monastery founded east of the village of al-Ubeidiya (ancient Cathismus), some 8 kilometres east of Bethlehem. It was founded in 476 by Theodosius the Cenobiarch and contains his tomb.
A cave on the monastery grounds is, according to tradition, the place where the Three Magi took shelter during the first night after delivering their gifts to the newborn Baby Jesus, after an angel had appeared to them and ordered them to return home without reporting Jesus' location to King Herod. This Cave of the Magi is called Metopa in Greek.[2]
Bibliography
- Marti, K.; Schick, C (1880). "Mitteilungen von Bauart C. Schick in Jerusalem über die alten Lauren und Klöster in der Wüste Juda.". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 3: 1–43. (Marti and Schick, 1880, pp. 34-37)
- Pringle, Denys (1998). The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: L-Z (exluding Tyre). II. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 39037 0. (pp. 271-278)
- Schick, Conrad (1899). "Reports by Dr. Conrad Schick". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 31: 36-37.
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Coordinates: 31°43′16″N 35°16′58″E / 31.72111°N 35.28278°E
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