Deir Qeruh

Deir Qeruh (Arabic: دير قروح, 'Monastery of Qeruḥ'; Hebrew: דיר קרוח) is a ruined Byzantine-period village in the Golan Heights, located within an Israeli national park, the Gamla nature reserve.

[1] The village was located near Gamla, a much older fortified town.

[3][2] A modern Syrian village rose at the site in the 20th century, and was again abandoned after the 1967 Six-Day War, when it came under Israeli control.

[3] The north-eastern part of the village is the best preserved, and includes a monastery centered around a church,[1] founded in the 6th century and dedicated to Saint George, who is mentioned on the lintel at the church entrance.

[4] After the abandonment of Deir Qeruh in the seventh century and the later resettlement of the site, the monastic complex was used for other purposes.