Valley of the Cross

[1] The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian monk Prochorus the Iberian.

It is believed that the site was originally consecrated in the 4th century under the instruction of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who later gave the site to the Georgian King Mirian III of Iberia after the conversion of his country to Christianity in 327.

The Tzofim scout movement maintains its Jerusalem headquarters in the Valley of the Cross.

The Jerusalem headquarters of Bnei Akiva, a religious youth movement is also located there.

The inscriptions are in Greek and bear Jewish names: Mariame, Simon, and Eskias (a unique spelling of Hezekiah).