Church of the Holy Archangels, Jerusalem
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The Church of the Holy Archangels (Armenian: Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի, romanized: Srbots Hreštakapetats yekeğetsi), also known as Deir ez-Zeitun (دير الزيتون Dayr az-Zaytūn, "Monastery of the Olive Tree"),[2] is an Armenian Orthodox Christian church in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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[3] or on Mount Zion.[4]
One of the chambers supposedly was the prison of Christ.[5][6] However, the gospels have divergent accounts about whether Jesus was brought to Annas' or Caiaphas' house/court. Therefore, the Armenian Monastery of Saint Saviour (the "House of Caiaphas", also called Dair Habs al-Masih, lit. 'monastery of the Masīḥ's prison'[7][8]) also claims to host a prison of Christ, where he was supposed to be held after the Sanhedrin trial.[9][10]
The monastery was founded in the 12th or 13th century.[11]
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