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===Monastery of St Euthymius (Khan al-Ahmar)===
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[[File:Euthymius_Monastery1009_(9).jpg|thumb|Lavra of St. Euthymius, later Khan al-Ahmar]]

The [[Byzantine]] [[Laura of Euthymius|Monastery of St. Euthymius]], founded at first as a [[lavra]]-type monastic community by Saint [[Euthymius the Great]] in 420 along the Ascent of Adummim, played a major role in the development of desert monasticism in Palestine, and in the spread of [[Chalcedonian creed|Chalcedonian]] orthodoxy in the country after the [[Council of Chalcedon|451 Church Council]]. Fallen into ruin, it was rebuilt in the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Crusader period]], only to be abandoned again after its destruction at the beginning of the [[Mamluk Egypt|Mamluk period]] in the 13th century by Sultan [[Baybars]]. The structure was repurposed as a [[caravanserai]] or ''[[Khan (inn)|hhan]]'' for Muslim pilgrims travelling from Jerusalem to Mecca via the nearby shrine of [[Nabi Musa]], and became known as Khan al-Ahmar, the "Red [[Khan (inn)|Khan]]".