Monastery of the Cross
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The Monastery of the Cross is an Eastern Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.
The monastery in the snow
The church in the monastery
The monastery before 1853, when the bell tower was added
Peter the Iberian
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Peter the Iberian was a Georgian royal prince, theologian and philosopher who was a prominent figure in early Christianity and one of the founders of Christian Neoplatonism. Some have claimed that he is the author known conventionally as Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Peter on a triptych at the Saint Catherine's Monastery.