Greek Orthodox

The Church of Saint George and the Mosque of Al-Khidr are two houses of worship from Lod, Israel, built next to each other on top of and embedding the remains of Byzantine- and Crusader-period predecessors of the current church building.

The Church of Saint George  is a 19th-century Greek Orthodox church commemorating the fourth-century Christian martyr Saint George. The current 19th-century church is a based on a partially rebuilt Crusader-period church, which had itself been built over the remains and footprint of a Byzantine-period predecessor

The Mosque of El-Khidr is a 13th-century (Mamluk-period) mosque, containing elements of both the Byzantine ecclesiastic complex and the Crusader cathedral. The mosque is dedicated to El-Khadr, a Muslim holy figure or ghawth often associated with Saint George

The church, which is officially called the Church of St. George, sits near the Franciscan Wedding Church. It’s entered through a beautiful outer courtyard with a fountain and date trees.
Stairs lead from the outer courtyard to an inner courtyard where there’s a shop selling religious items and wine. There’s also a small museum displaying a few archaeological items in glass cases.

The Cana Greek Orthodox Wedding Church was built in the late 19th century. The entrance is approached under a path covered in grapevines. There’s a mosaic of the Wedding at Cana above the doors.
The interior is decorated with icons from floor to ceiling. There’s a gorgeous wooden iconostasis and lectern.

Church of St. George the Victorious - the first Christian temple built in Akko during the time of the Turks. Belongs to the Jerusalem Orthodox Church.
The Greek Orthodox Church was, of course, the first Christian church built in Acre during the Turkish rule.
The first evidence that has come down to us from this period concerns the existence of a Greek Orthodox monastery and temple in Akko - the testimony of the Minorite monk Eugene Roger, who visited Akko in 1631.

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, in common use simply Church of the Apostles is the church at the centre of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Holy Apostles at Capernaum, standing among the ruins of ancient Capernaum (Kfar Nachum) near the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. It is also known as simply the Greek Orthodox church at Capernaum, to differentiate it from the Franciscan monastery standing in the southern part of Capernaum. It is sometimes named as the Church of the Seven Apostles, based on the seven disciples mentioned in John 21 but it is actually dedicated to all the twelve apostles of Jesus.

The church marks the site of the ancient village of Capernaum, which is an important place in Christianity. The village is frequently mentioned in the Gospels and was Jesus' main base during his Galilean ministry. It is referred to as Jesus' own city and a place where he lived. It was in the synagogue of Capernaum where he first started to preach.

Those who claim that the church is dedicated the seven apostles (or rather five apostles and two more disciples), base it on the Gospel of John, chapter 21. The church is actually dedicated to all twelve apostles, which also make sense due to the long stay of Jesus and his closest disciples in Capernaum.

The church is situated in the more recent, north-eastern part of the ruined ancient town, which is where the inhabitants relocated after the destruction of the old town from the time of Jesus, as a result of either the 749 Galilee earthquake or of a man-made event of the 7th or 8th century.

 it was built two years ago

The Church of Saint John the Baptist is a small Greek Orthodox church in the Muristan area of the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem. 
In its current form, most of the above-ground church dates to the 11th century, and the crypt to the Late Roman or Byzantine period (between ca. AD 324 and 500).

In 1965, a modern Greek Orthodox church was built just west of the Tomb. Its construction incorporates the north wall of the former medieval Benedictine chapel.
Nearby the church are ruins that belong to the Orthodox Patriarchate and are traditionally identified either as the House of Simon the Leper or Lazarus.

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Gabriel, is an Eastern Orthodox church in Nazareth, Israel. Likely first established in Byzantine-era Palaestina Prima, it was rebuilt during the time of the Crusades, and again in the 18th century under the rule of Zahir al-Umar, the Arab governor of the Galilee.

Known colloquially among the Greek Orthodox worshippers of Galilee whom it serves as Kniset el-Rûm[i], or Church of the Eastern Romans in Levantine Arabic, the church is located over an underground spring, which according to Eastern Orthodox belief is where the Virgin Mary was drawing water at the time of the Annunciation. Water from the spring still runs inside the apse of the church and also fed the adjacent site of Mary's Well, located 150 yards (140 m) away

In Christian tradition, the event by which Mary was informed by the angel Gabriel of God's intention to make her the mother of Jesus is known as the Annunciation. In the New Testament of the Bible, in the Book of Luke, it is written that Gabriel was sent by God to Nazareth

An ancient monastery built in 1860 AD, including two entrances, one was built with the monastery and is decorated with beautiful icons, and the other is earlier and is below the monastery.
Its a historical place.. and the home of the Greek Catholic Bishop.. underneath there are ancient mysterious caves.. you have to make an appointment to visit this place.. its located in the old city of Nazareth..

The Monastery of Pretoria or the Monastery of the Prison of Christ in Pretoria is a male monastery of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church and a place of Christian pilgrimage in the Muslim quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem on the way to the Lion's Gate.
The monastery is located at the second stop of the Way of the Cross on Via Dolorosa. The monastery was built on the site where, presumably, there was a prison, where Jesus Christ was imprisoned after the trial of Pilate.

According to church tradition, Jesus Christ was imprisoned here after Pilate's trial before His journey to Golgotha. In the space of the monastery there is a prison of Christ, Barabbas and other robbers. The recess in the rock is the dungeon of Christ, where there is a bench on which he sat. The dungeon of Barabbas is a cave with stone benches and rings built into the wall, to which prisoners were chained. There is also a St. Helena reservoir which was used as a plumbing for the prison. Here, on Good Friday, the Great Hours are celebrated.

The modern monastery was built in the 18th century.

Mar Elias Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery in south Jerusalem, on a hill overlooking Bethlehem and Herodium.
According to Christian tradition, Elijah rested here after fleeing the vengeance of Jezebel.
It is also said to be the burial place of the Greek Bishop Elias of Bethlehem who died in 1345, and St. Elias, an Egyptian monk who became Patriarch of Jerusalem in 494.
Another Christian tradition is that Mary rested under the large hackberry tree growing north of the monastery when she was fleeing Herod, who had ordered the execution of all the children of Bethlehem.

It is located near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, on the right at the entrance to the square and is the main representation of the Greek Orthodox Church in this temple.
According to the definition of Empress Helen of Byzantium, the mother of Emperor Constantine, who built the first basilica of the Holy Sepulcher here, this is precisely the place that, according to the Christian tradition, is Mount Moria, where the story of Yitzhak's sacrifice took place.
The date of the first construction is the 12th century. Rebuilt in 1690, and at the end of the 19th century a dormitory for monks was added to it.
Under the building of the monastery, a very deep ancient well, obviously from Byzantine times, has been preserved, the ceiling of the cistern is supported by huge powerful arches.
The patriarch of the Jerusalem Greek Orthodox Church lives permanently in the monastery.

The Monastery of St. Nicodemus is a monastery and church of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, dedicated to Nicodemus. 
It is in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter, south of Herod's Gate and 90 metres north of the Via Dolorosa.
According to an Orthodox belief, Saint Peter's prison was in its basement, where he was jailed by Herod Agrippa and then freed by an angel
Coordinates	31.780939°N 35.234405°E

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.

Legend has it that the monastery was erected on the burial spot of Adam's head—though two other locations in Jerusalem also claim this honor—from which grew the tree that gave its wood to the cross on which Christ was crucified.

The monastery was built in the eleventh century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian monk Prochorus the Iberian.

Due to heavy debt, the Georgians sold the monastery to the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Dositheos II in 1685.
It is currently occupied by monks of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

The Monastery of the Shepherds is a male monastery of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church, located in the city of Beit Sakhur on the West Bank of the Jordan River, 2 km from the center of Bethlehem. The monastery is a farmstead of the Lavra of St. Savva the Sanctified.
According to legend, at this place the angels appeared to the shepherds and announced to them the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. This place is also called the Field of Shepherds (Shepherds)

The main church of the Greek Orthodox monastery is dedicated to the Transfiguration. 
The construction was started by a Romanian monk, Irinarh Rosetti, in 1859, the year of his death, and finished by his disciple, Nectarie Banul, in 1862.
Northeast of the Church of the Transfiguration is the Church of the Prophet Elijah.
Northwest of the main church is a small cave-church named after Melchizedek, the King of Salem. According to the Christian tradition, this cave was the place where Abraham met the king of Salem. The cave was known to pilgrims and local Christians during the Middle Ages. 
An all-night vigil is held at the church every year on the Orthodox Feast of the Transfiguration on August 19 (which corresponds to August 6 according to the Julian Calendar)

The Holy Monastery of Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch is located east of Bethlehem at the beginning of the desert, on the ancient main road that leads to the desert of the river Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Today’s monastery is built on the location of the ancient coenobitic Monastery founded by Saint Theodosius in the 5th century. 
After the foundation of the Monastery, Saint Theodosius’ mission begins, receiving similar credit and recognition to those of Saint Savvas the Sanctified and Great Euthymios, not only from the Church of Jerusalem and the monasteries of Palestine but from all Orthodox Church.

Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George Kafr Yasif

Saint George (Aios Georgeous) one of 14 patron saints and the most important one in the orthodox stream of Christianity, he grew up up in Lod where he is buried. He is well known for the legend which states that he killed a dragon. This vast complex lays from the Andromeda project west towards the house of Mayomana. In the 19th century the Greeks renovated the church, the monastery and other Greek orthodox complexes. The church holds many communal activities, weddings and funerals. 
Saint George Greek orthodox church in Jaffa, also known as the Khader to the locals

The Saint George's Monastery in Al-Khader or Church of Saint George in Al-Khader is an Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery in the Palestinian town of al-Khader, near Beit Jala and Bethlehem in the central West Bank. 
The town of Al-Khader is named after Saint George, who in Arab culture is known as "al-Khadr"; the church is considered the most important sanctuary to Khadr in Palestine.
According to local tradition, Saint George was imprisoned in the town of al-Khader where the current church stands. The chains holding him were relics that were said to hold healing power.

The Monastery of Saint Simeon is located in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem. It encloses the house and tomb of St. Simeon.
The first monastery was built by the Georgians in the 12th century. It was destroyed and laid in ruins for several centuries until a Greek monk named Abramios purchased the property in the 19th century. 
Abramios worked for 20 years to rebuild the monastery and the church. 
The Monastery of Saint Simeon now belongs to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

The Monastery of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel was founded and raised in 1312 in Jerusalem by King Milutin. It is located within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem (Holy Land), near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Church of the Resurrection of Christ) and the Greek Patriarchate.

The Christian part, the Old City of Jerusalem. Left-up - St. Francisco (No. 1 - Church of Christ's Resurrection) The Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel is still located in Jerusalem, within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, in the Christian part, and is in a preserved condition. It is located in Sv. Francis no. 9 (Saint Francis Street No.9),[10] in the immediate vicinity of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Church of the Resurrection of Christ) and the Greek Patriarchate, in the Christian part of the Old Town. In the library of the Jerusalem Patriarchate, which has recently been renovated, you can find a rich treasury of Serbian-Slavic manuscripts originating from the monastery of St. Archangels Michael and Gabriel.

The Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church sent a request to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem to return the monastery to the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The Monastery of the Archangel Michael in Tel Aviv, or rather in Jaffa, is one of the relics of the Christian world and a magnificent architectural monument.
The Monastery of the Archangel Michael is under the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem Patriarchate. Here is the residence of the Archbishop of Hippo, as well as the Russian and Armenian community, which has the right to perform the sacraments of baptism, weddings and burials of Israeli citizens.
At the present time, the Jaffa Metropolis of the Jerusalem Patriarchate is located on the territory of the monastery, as well as premises for the Arab, Romanian and Russian communities.
You can get into the territory of the monastery on Saturdays and Sundays, when its gates open for pilgrims, at which time services are held here. Travelers are advised to go up to the upper terrace, which offers amazing views of Jaffa harbor and the Church of St. Michael.

Archdiocese:    Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Metropolis:        Metropolis of Caesarea
Superior:           Fr. Demetrios Samra

A two-story church / ground floor, two halls that are used for cultural events.
Second floor with stairs to the church, underground parking, outdoor parking adjacent to the church and another large parking outside the church. Elevator

This ancient church, the oldest in Bethlehem, was on the verge of collapse before beinig completely rebuilt in the 1920s. Ruins of an old floor and cave with Byzantine mosaic murals confirmed its antiquity. 
Tradition teaches that St Nicolas stayed four years in this cave (over which the church was built) when he visited Bethlehem during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, ca AD 330. He is Beit Jala's patron saint.
The pilgrimage to the church on December 19th, his feast day, is a highlight of the Greek Orthodox season of Nativity Lent. The Archbishop says Saint Nicholas' Feast Day prepares us for Christmas.

The St. Onuphrius Monastery  is an Orthodox monastery for women located in the potter's field (Akeldama in Aramean) that the Jewish elders purchased with the thirty pieces of silver returned by Judas Iscariot that had been given for betraying Jesus. 
The location is south of East Jerusalem and on the southern slope of the Gehenna valley, close to the Kidron Valley. Subject to the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, it is named after the fourth-century anchorite monk Saint Onuphrius.

Bas-relief at the entrance represents Saint Onuphrius in prayer
The monastery was built in 1892 on the site of an early Christian graveyard, consisting of niches hewn into the rock face; during the fourth century, this is where Saint Onuphrius the Anchorite would sit in prayer. In addition to the cave occupied by Saint Onuphrius, there is the Cave of the Apostles, where the Apostles are said to have hidden during the Crucifixion. An underground church has existed since the time of Constantine I (306–312), and has been enlarged over the centuries. It has been consecrated to Saint Onuphrius, with the grottoes found in the southern part of the church. From this period, the Orthodox have conserved the custom of dedicating a number of funeral chapels to Saint Onuphrius.

The present monastery was built in the nineteenth century. It includes terraces that dominate the floor of the valley.

Located in the city of Beit Sahour, the Forefathers Orthodox Church was established under the auspices of the Jerusalem Patriarch Gerasimos in 1895, with financial support from volunteers and the local community. During the 1940’s an earthquake hit the region, and the church was destroyed, and was rebuilt in 1952 during the time of Patriarch Timotheus the First. The church is affiliated with the Jerusalem Patriarchate and managed by the congregation in Beit Sahour, and many local people from priests, youth groups, women committees and volunteers are involved in organizing religious and community activities at the church, especially the traditional bazaars.

Situated in the town center, the church was built by the Christians Greek Orthodox church in 1862. It is distinguished by its enormous size, its high tower and magnificent church bells that were imported from Russia in the 19th century and could be heard from miles away, its eastern architecture, and beautiful icons and murals decorating its walls, which relate many and different stories from the Bible. It is also home to the stone upon which the Virgin Mary slept with Joseph and baby Jesus prior to their flight to Egypt, escaping King Herod’s persecution.  The church is renowned for celebrating the feasts related to the Virgin Mary, especially the Assumption of Mary, on 15 August (Catholic) and 28 August (Greek Orthodox) of every year, which commemorates Her assumption to heaven.

The Well: built by the Prophet Jacob, son of Isaac son of Abraham, when he lived for a while in Beit Sahour, behind the tower of the flock, after the death of his wife Rachel and burial in Bethlehem, where the two where on the way to Efrata (Genesis 36: 19-20) (Efrata means the fertile and indicates the Bethlehem area).

The Viri Galilaei Church is a Greek Orthodox church located at the northern peak of the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem. It is part of the Monastery of Little Galilee on the Mount of Olives, which belongs to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and serves as the private residence of the Patriarch.

Its name is in Latin and means "Men of Galilee". It is taken from Acts 1:11, where two white-dressed men are addressing the apostles after the Ascension of Jesus: "Men of Galilee,....why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven." The association of this particular site with the biblical episode is based on a medieval tradition, labelled by Thomas Cook as "worthless".

It is in this place that the historic meeting between Pope Paul VI, head of the Catholic Church and the Patriarch of Constantinople Athenagoras, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, was held in 1964, marking an important step in the ecumenical reconciliation attempt between the two denominations.