Church of the Holy Archangels, Jerusalem

The Church of the Holy Archangels ( hy, Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի, Srbots Hreštakapetats yekeğetsi), also known as Deir ez-Zeitun ( , "Monastery of the Olive Tree"), is an Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian Orthodox Christian church in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City (Jerusalem), Old City of Jerusalem.

Traditions

According to a tradition, this site was the house of High Priest Annas, although earlier traditions also placed the house at different sites, such as on Jehoshaphat Street or on Mount Zion.

One of the chambers supposedly was the prison of Christ. However, the Sanhedrin trial of Jesus#Comparison, gospels have divergent accounts about whether Jesus was brought to Annas' or Caiaphas' house/court. Therefore, the Armenian Monastery of Saint Saviour (Jerusalem), Armenian Monastery of Saint Saviour (the "House of Caiaphas") also has a prison of Christ.

History

The monastery was founded in the 12th or 13th century.. "origin for this church […] in opting for a date in the second half of the thirteenth [… Another opinion is that it] was probably built before 1187."

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{{Jerusalem Old City

Armenian Apostolic churches in Jerusalem