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Saint Nicholas Monastery, Jaffa

Field	Value
building_name	Saint Nicholas Monastery
Սուրբ Նիկողայոս Վանք Հայոց
מנזר ניקולאס הקדוש
image	Israel-2013-Jaffa 20-Saint Nicholas Monastery.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	Entrance to Saint Nicholas Monastery
location	Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
religious_affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
architecture	yes
architecture_style	Armenian

Սուրբ Նիկողայոս Վանք Հայոց מנזר ניקולאס הקדוש Saint Nicholas Monastery (, ) is an Armenian monastery built in the first millennium AD. Located in Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, near the harbour and facing the Mediterranean, the monastery consists of a large multi-story complex that includes an Armenian church and living quarters. The monastery is under the jurisdiction of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which rents out parts of the complex for residential and commercial purposes.

The monastery is the setting of the Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa painting by Antoine-Jean Gros depicting Napoleon visiting his sick soldiers in the monastery's courtyard.

History

Founded before AD 1000, the monastery was named for Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors. The church gave shelter to pilgrims and seamen looking for a rest on their journey for many centuries. In the 18th century, the monastery was expanded and fortified.

During the Napoleonic Campaign in Egypt, the French army requested the aid of the Armenian priests at the monastery. The clerics used their secret medicines to cure some of the soldiers. Napoleon personally thanked the Armenian patriarch and gifted him with his own tent and sword. His visit to the monastery was depicted in the Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa painting by Antoine-Jean Gros.

Gallery

Image:Entrance to the Church of St.Nicholas.jpg|The stone plaque at the entrance to the church gives information in four languages Image:View on the Church of St.Nicholas.jpg|The waterfront facade of the complex Image:Saint Nicholas monastery, Jaffa, Israel.jpg|The monastery courtyard situated at the upper floor level Image:The Cross-stones.jpg|The khachkar (lit. "cross-stone") in the courtyard File:Antoine-Jean Gros - Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa.jpg|Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa, by Antoine-Jean Gros

References

(1998). "French Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Artists born before 1790". Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

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