Bethlehem

The sixth-century Mar Elias Monastery in the Judean desert, named after Elijah

Mar Elias lived during the reign of King Achab (875-845 BC).
His actions are in the First and Second Books of Kings in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Legend has it that the building stands on the site where prophet Elijah rested on his flight from the Vengeance of Queen Jezebel, who was seeking vengeance after Elijah slaughtered the priests of Baal (1 Kings 19:15).
Another tradition holds that Greek Bishop Elias of Bethlehem was buried here in 1345, and another holds that it places the sepulcher of St. Elias, an Egyptian monk who became Patriarch of Jerusalem in 494

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