- Wadi
Khureitun or
Nahal Tekoa is a wadi in a deep
ravine in the
Judaean Desert in the West Bank, west of the Dead Sea,
springing near Tekoa. The Hebrew...
- Tuqu'.
Outside Teqoa,
adjacent to the
Israeli settlement of
Tekoa is Wadi
Khureitun,
sometimes spelled Khreiton ("Chariton Valley"). The
valley is notable...
- of Jericho, and
Souka Laura or Old
Laura in the area of Tuqu' in Wadi
Khureitun.
Saint Euthymius the
Great (377–473)
founded one of the
early lauras in...
- El
Khiam (الخیام) is an
archaeological site near Wadi
Khureitun in the
Judaean Desert in the West Bank, on the s****s of the Dead Sea. Archaeological...
-
caves that were dug in the
karst chalk stone of the
Nachal Tekoa or Wadi
Khureitun,
named after Chariton the Confessor, by
monks from the
Lavras of Saint...
- a
diverse natural habitat,
especially birds who
migrate here. At Wadi
Khureitun once
stood houses, and
several monasteries and
maqams were discovered...
- Monastery. The
valley is a wadi
later named in
Arabic after him, Wadi
Khureitun. In all
three locations his fame let
Christians flock to
learn from him...
-
tentatively been
identified with the
cavern of Umm el Tuweimin, and the cave at
Khureitun (named
after Chariton the ascetic),
because of
their immense size, but...
-
Through Buzy and Duvigneau, he
developed ties with the
Bedouin of Wadi
Khureitun, who
would sell
their monastery artefacts they
found when
clearing out...
-
flourishes on hard rock outcrops,
especially in
garrigue terrain. In Wadi
Khureitun (Judea), it
grows in
small vertical cracks and
holes alongside Sonchus...
