On March 17, on the feast day of St. Gerasimos of Jordan, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine led the festive liturgy at the monastery dedicated to the saint. The monastery is located on the western bank of the Jordan River, just before it flows into the Dead Sea.

The service was attended by Archbishop Methodios of Favor, Archbishop Dimitrios of Lydda, clergy of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, Arabic-speaking clergy of the Jerusalem Patriarchate, as well as priests from Russia. From the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Hieromonk Peter (Borodulin) participated.

Numerous pilgrims from various regions were present, along with representatives of the local Russian-speaking, Greek-speaking, and Arabic-speaking Christian communities. The liturgy was conducted in Greek, Arabic, and Church Slavonic.

After the Divine Liturgy, a festive procession took place around the monastery's church. During the nighttime service and the early Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, the nuns of the Gornensky Convent, serving at the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, prayed.

The Monastery of St. Gerasimos of Jordan dates back to the 5th century. Initially, there was a small cave church on the site, where, according to tradition, the Holy Family rested. In 455, St. Gerasimos of Jordan founded a monastery here, which soon became a center of monastic life.

The monastery has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. In 614, it was destroyed by the Persians, and in 617, it merged with the neighboring Monastery of Malona, taking on the Arabic name Deir Hijle. During the Crusader period, under Patriarch John IX of Jerusalem, the monastery was restored, but later fell into decline again. In the 14th century, it was revived by Orthodox monks.

The monastery took its current form in the 19th century, largely thanks to the efforts of Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin) and the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission. In the 20th century, the monastery suffered from earthquakes and wars, but since the 1970s, restoration work has been underway. Today, around 30 monks live at the monastery, including monks from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Russia, and Cyprus.