Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden

Bethlehem Abbey
Abdij Bethlehem
Monastery information
Order Order of Saint Benedict
Established 1975
Architecture
Functional Status monastery
Completion date 1965
Website www.monasteria.org/Nederlands/Abdij%20Bethlehem.htm

Bethlehem Abbey in the village of Bonheiden, Belgium, is a house of Benedictine nuns of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation. The monastery was built in 1965 as a Redemptorist house but was transferred to the Benedictines in 1975.[1]

The community formerly ran a publishing imprint which produced Dutch translations of the writings of Basil of Caesarea and Athanasius of Alexandria.

Since 30 May 2015 the Benedictines have shared the monastery buildings with a lay community (the Moriya Community).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Abdij van Bethlehem in Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed, heritage listing (in Dutch). Consulted 22 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Abdij Bonheiden verleent gastvrijheid aan nieuwe gemeenschap Moriya, Kerknet, 2 June 2015 (in Dutch). Consulted 22 January 2016.

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