Hilarion, a leading figure of Christianity was the Gazan founder of monastic life in Palestine. Near his birthplace of Tabatha known as Um al-Tuut (Nuseirat), he built a monastery. The Christian era began for Gazans in 402 when the Byzantine Emperor Acadius instructed his troops to burn the holiest shrine in Gaza, the temple of Marna. Many local people fled , and many buried or hid their own deities to save them from the Christian authorities. In the place of the temple, a church named Eudochia was built and close by stands the church of St. Porphyry and a Christian cemetery still stands to the church. The church belongs to the small Christian community of the Greek Orthodox.
http://library.bethlehem.edu/e-turathuna/Gaza/index.shtmlSaint Porphyrius Church - 31 30 14 N; 34 27 43 E
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