St. Mark’s Monastery, Jerusalem

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem
Saint Mark Monastery Of Jerusalem
Location	Jerusalem
Denomination	Syriac Orthodox Church
History
Founder(s)	Mark the Evangelist
Architecture
Architectural type	Church
Years built	AD 73
Administration
Diocese	Jerusalem Arch Bishopric of Syriac Orthodox church

Saint Mark's Syrian Orthodox Monastery is a Syriac Orthodox monastery and church in Jerusalem. According to a 6th-century inscription found during a restoration in 1940, the church is on the ancient site of the house of Mary, mother of St. Mark the Evangelist (Acts 12:12) and the place of the Last Supper of Christ with His disciples. Others believe that the Last Supper was held at the Cenacle at Mount Zion.

"This is the house of Mary, mother of John, called Mark. Proclaimed a church by the holy apostles under the name of the Virgin Mary, mother of God, after the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven. Renewed after the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in the year A.D. 73."

There is a large collection of manuscripts written by various Holy fathers of Christianity like that of, Mor Kurillos, Patriarch of Alexandria who presided over the third Universal Synod of Christianity held at Ephesus in AD 431; Mor Severious, Patriarch of Antioch (A.D 538); Mor Gregorios Bar Ebroyo Maphriyono of the East (13th century); Mor Dionysius; Mor Chrysostom (4th century); Mor Aphrem (AD 378); Mor Kuriakose, Patriarch of Antioch (AD 817); Mor Michael Rabo, Patriarch of Antioch (AD 1199) and others, in the monastery's famous library.

A piece of Holy Cross in which Lord Christ was crucified and relics of many Saints are preserved in this Monastery. Mary's baptismal basin, and an image of Virgin Mary painted by the apostle St. Luke can also be viewed in the Church.