The outstandingly well-preserved main cistern whose pillars date from the Byzantine period. A remarkable site in the prosaic surroundings of the Ma'aleh Adumim industrial area.
Stairs lead down to the crypt which once held the bones of the saint.
Armenian Patriach Torkom Manoogian is one of the many notables who attended the opening of the archeological site. An overview of the excavated monastery with visitors standing in the area which housed the monks' living quarters. He is St. Euthymius, who was born in Armenia in 377 and came to this country in 405. According to the church histories, he was short and had a long, white beard. Last week the monastery was opened as an archaeological site by the Civil Administration, the Ma'aleh Adumim Municipality, and the Antiquities Authority.