It is located in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from the southeast side. It was established by Queen Helena in the year 335 AD, and the Persians destroyed it when they invaded the city in the year 614 AD, and it remained in ruins for several centuries until the Russians took it from the Turks in the year 1887 AD. There are two churches in the monastery, one of which is small and known as our father Ibrahim, and the other is large and known as the Twelve Apostles.