Deir es-Sultan
Old City (Jerusalem) | |
Coordinates | 31°46′42″N 35°13′47″E / 31.778444°N 35.22975°E |
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Public access | Yes |
Deir es-Sultan, literally the Monastery of the Sultan (
History
Deir es-Sultan is one of several holy sites in the area which are contested by various Christian denominations.[3] The monastery is located on the roof of the Helena Chapel, an underground chapel that is part of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre complex, and has an entrance leading down to the Parvis (the Church courtyard). The monastery covers an area of 1,800 square meters.[citation needed]
Ownership is a subject of dispute between the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the
According to the
The Ottoman Sultan
During the
In October 2018, a Coptic priest was arrested following protests against the restoration efforts of the monastery without the Coptic Church's consent.[9] In April 2021, "light clashes" erupted between Egyptian and Ethiopian monks, as the latter set a tent and raised the Ethiopian flag inside the monastery.[10] The same incident was repeated a year later on 18 April 2022.[11] In 2022, the same type of event provoked the Coptic monks to paint the flag of Egypt on the main door leading to the monastery, adjacent to the entrance to the Coptic Patriarchate of Jerusalem.[12]
See also
- Kidane Mehret Church, Jerusalem - the Ethiopian church and monastery in the New City
References
- ^ UN Conciliation Commission (1949). United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine Working Paper on the Holy Places.
- Cust, L. G. A. (1929). The Status Quo in the Holy Places. H.M.S.O. for the High Commissioner of the Government of Palestine.
- ISBN 978-90-411-0177-8. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ Robin Twite, "Africa in Jerusalem - The Ethiopian Church" in The Israel Review of Arts and Letters, 1996/102
- ^ Davies, "Unholy row threatens Holy Sepulchre" (BBC)
- ^ Jonathan Lis, "Monastery Atop Church of Holy Sepulchre in Danger of Collapse" (HaAretz)
- ^ a b c "Deir Es-Sultan Monastery's mediation by Greek Church unsuccessful: Egypt Pope". egyptindependent.com. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Ethiopiens, les exclus du Saint-Sépulcre". La Croix (in French). 4 April 2010.
- ^ "غضب قبطي بعد "اعتداء اسرائيلي" على دير السلطان بالقدس" [Coptic anger after an "Israeli attack" on Deir Al-Sultan in Jerusalem]. Sky News Arabia (in Arabic). 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Egyptian, Ethiopian churches clash over Deir al-Sultan in Jerusalem". Al-Monitor. 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Egyptian, Ethiopian monks clash in Jerusalem". Arabnews. 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Deir Al-Sultan: Ethiopians, Egyptians clash in the Holy land". Borkena. 22 April 2022.
External links
- Media related to Deir es-Sultan at Wikimedia Commons