One of the ancient monasteries in Jerusalem, with an area of about 1800 square meters. It was renovated in the Fatimid era and was occupied by Latin monks after the Crusaders took over the city. However, Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi returned it to the Orthodox Copts after the liberation of Jerusalem, so it was known from that time as Monastery. Sultan.

This monastery is adjacent to the roof of the Church of the Resurrection from the eastern side, and the monastery of the Sultan is of special importance to the Copts because it is their direct way to reach the Church of the Resurrection. The Ethiopians (Abyssinians) claimed ownership of this monastery with the encouragement of the British during their occupation of Palestine. Midnight of Easter on April 20, 1970 AD, the Jews changed the keys of the monastery and handed them over to the Ethiopians, and despite the fact that the Coptic Church obtained a judicial ruling from the Israeli Supreme Court that the monastery was owned by the Copts in 1971 AD, the occupation authorities refuse to implement the decision.