Deir Hajla

Monastery of Saint Gerasimus Deir Hajla / Deir Hijleh
Monastery of Saint Gerasimus (Deir Hajla)
Religion
Affiliation	Greek Orthodox Church
Province	Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Working
Year consecrated	c. 455 1885 (reconsecration)
Location
Location	Jericho Governorate, West Bank
Palestine grid	1976/1365
Geographic coordinates	31°49′13″N 35°30′07″E / 31.82028°N 35.50194°E / 31.82028; 35.50194

Deir Hajla or Deir Hijleh^[1] is the Arabic name of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Gerasimus (officially the Holy Monastery of Saint Gerasimos of the Jordan,^[2] Greek: Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Γερασίμου του Ιορδανίτη), a monastery located in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank, west of the River Jordan and north of the Dead Sea.