The Monastery of the Cave was founded by St. Sabas in 508, in a gorge about 6 km NE of the Great Laura, around a cave occasionally used for seclusion by the holy man. The coenobium was still active in the eighth century. A survey and a limited excavation were carried out at the site by the author. The monastery was built on three levels. The upper level includes enclosure walls with towers, a cistern and some additional structures. The middle level consists of more cisterns and dwelling caves, among them Saba's cave, which was turned into a chapel; below it are a church and a service building. The lower level includes the entrance gate, a garden, a network of paths, and dwelling buildings. Outside the walled structure are additional constructions belonging to the monastery, namely a fence and a boundary tower, water channels and reservoirs, built paths and a kiln.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Patrich:1991
%A Patrich, J.
%D 1991
%J Liber Annuus
%K Judäa Mönchtum Sabas Spelaion
%P 429-448
%T The Sabaite Monastery of the Cave (Spelaion) in the Judean Desert
%V 41
%X The Monastery of the Cave was founded by St. Sabas in 508, in a gorge about 6 km NE of the Great Laura, around a cave occasionally used for seclusion by the holy man. The coenobium was still active in the eighth century. A survey and a limited excavation were carried out at the site by the author. The monastery was built on three levels. The upper level includes enclosure walls with towers, a cistern and some additional structures. The middle level consists of more cisterns and dwelling caves, among them Saba's cave, which was turned into a chapel; below it are a church and a service building. The lower level includes the entrance gate, a garden, a network of paths, and dwelling buildings. Outside the walled structure are additional constructions belonging to the monastery, namely a fence and a boundary tower, water channels and reservoirs, built paths and a kiln.
@article{Patrich:1991,
abstract = {The Monastery of the Cave was founded by St. Sabas in 508, in a gorge about 6 km NE of the Great Laura, around a cave occasionally used for seclusion by the holy man. The coenobium was still active in the eighth century. A survey and a limited excavation were carried out at the site by the author. The monastery was built on three levels. The upper level includes enclosure walls with towers, a cistern and some additional structures. The middle level consists of more cisterns and dwelling caves, among them Saba's cave, which was turned into a chapel; below it are a church and a service building. The lower level includes the entrance gate, a garden, a network of paths, and dwelling buildings. Outside the walled structure are additional constructions belonging to the monastery, namely a fence and a boundary tower, water channels and reservoirs, built paths and a kiln.},
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author = {Patrich, J.},
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journal = {Liber Annuus},
keywords = {Judäa Mönchtum Sabas Spelaion},
pages = {429-448},
timestamp = {2009-07-12T00:06:01.000+0200},
title = {The Sabaite Monastery of the Cave (Spelaion) in the Judean Desert},
volume = 41,
year = 1991
}