Jaffa

===Churches and monasteries===
[[File:Easter 2011 in Jaffa.JPG|thumb|[[Easter]] parade in Jaffa, 2011]]

The [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] ''Monastery of Archangel Michael'' ([[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem|Patriarchate of Jerusalem]]) near [[Jaffa Port]] also has [[Romanian Orthodox Church|Romanian]] and Russian communities in its compound. Built in 1894, the Church of St. Peter and [[Dorcas|St. Tabitha]] serves the Russian Orthodox Christian community, with services in Russian and Hebrew; underneath the chapel nearby there is what is believed to be the tomb of St Tabitha.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/933355.html | title = В день памяти праведной Тавифы на подворье Русской духовной миссии в Яффо совершена праздничная Литургия |trans-title=On the feast day of Tabitha of righteous memory, a festive liturgy performed in the courtyard of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jaffa | date = 9 November 2009 | publisher = Russian Orthodox Church}}</ref> [[St. Peter's Church, Jaffa|St. Peter's Church]] is a [[Franciscan]] [[Roman-Catholic]] basilica and hospice built in 1654 on the remains of a [[Crusades|Crusader]] [[fortress]], and commemorates [[St Peter]], as he brought the disciple [[Tabitha]] back from the dead; [[Napoleon]] is believed to have stayed there.

[[Immanuel Church (Tel Aviv)|Immanuel Church]], built 1904, serves today a [[Lutheran]] congregation with services in English and Hebrew.

The [[Saint Nicholas Monastery, Jaffa|Saint Nicholas Armenian Monastery]] was built in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Zafran |first1= Eric |last2= Resendez |first2= Sydney |year= 1998 |title= French Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Artists born before 1790 |location= Boston |publisher= Museum of Fine Arts Boston |page= 189 |isbn= 0878464611}}</ref>