Location Abu Ghosh Denomination Roman Catholic Church | Country Israel | |
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The Resurrection Church (Hebrew: הכנסייה הצלבנית באבו גוש Latin: Ecclesia Resurrectionis Domini Nostri Iesu) or the Church of the Crusaders in Abu Gosh, is the name given to a Catholic religious building consisting of a structure of the time of the Crusaders who belonged to the Knights Hospitaller, and today is a part of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary of the resurrection in Abu Gosh, in central Israel.
The church is located in a place that was interpreted as described in Luke as Emmaus. The Crusader church was probably a Byzantine church, and this in turn was built on a Roman fortress.
History
In 1141 they came to Abu Gosh hospital who built the Church of the Resurrection as a fortress. But in 1187 the Crusaders were driven out of place by Sultan Saladin, although the church, unlike many other Christian churches crusader, was not destroyed or converted into a mosque.
In 1899, the church was bought by the French State from 1901 and used by the Benedictines of France. In 1956, the church was placed under the administration of the Vincentians. Today it is part of a complex mixed Catholic monastery for both men and women.