Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant Church

Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant Church
כנסיית גבירתנו של ארון הברית
Location Abu Ghosh
Country  Israel
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant Church[1][2] (Hebrew: כנסיית גבירתנו של ארון הברית‎, Founded in French: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Arche-d'Alliance)[3] is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church[4] and is located on the northwestern edge of the town of Abu Ghosh[5] in the central Israel.[6] The church is at an altitude of 756 meters above sea level.

History

In 1141, near the area where the village of Abu Ghosh is located, the Knights Hospitaller founded another church, about 400 meters east of the Church of Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant. The structure built in 1924, according to tradition takes the place of the house of Abinadab where the Ark of the Covenant rested for twenty years, until King David took Jerusalem. It was built on the site of a previous Byzantine church of the fifth century is recognizable by the statue of Mary carrying the baby Jesus in her arms on the roof. The interior is decorated with simplicity. Its walls are painted white, and the great apse has a large Latin cross.

The modern church now stands on a mound which was established by the Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. On site activities besides religious services are held as ″Abu Ghosh music festival″.

See also

References

Internal View
  1. ↑ "Kiryat Yearim, lugar de paso del Arca de la Alianza". cmc-terrasanta.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. ↑ Price, Randall (2005-01-01). Searching for the Ark of the Covenant. Harvest House Publishers. ISBN 9780736910521.
  3. ↑ Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2008-10-02). Israël: country guide 2009-2010 (in French). Petit Futé. ISBN 2746922622.
  4. ↑ "Abu Gosh: Shrine of Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant | Marie de Nazareth". en.mariedenazareth.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  5. ↑ Gardiner, Philip (2007-01-01). The Ark, the Shroud, and Mary: The Untold Truths about the Relics of the Bible. Career Press. ISBN 9781564149244.
  6. ↑ Thomas, Amelia; Kohn, Michael (2010-01-01). Israel & the Palestinian Territories. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781742203515.

Coordinates: 31°48′27″N 35°06′11″E / 31.8074°N 35.1031°E / 31.8074; 35.1031

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