Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery of the Holy Trinity

31°31′59″N 35°06′00″E / 31.533°N 35.100°E / 31.533; 35.100

The monastery's belfry.

The Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Russian: храм св. Праотцев и Троицкий монастырь), also known as Al Maskobiya[1][2] (Arabic: كنيسة المسكوبية), is a Russian Orthodox monastery and church in Hebron, Palestine, founded in the 20th century on the site of the ancient Oak of Mamre.[3]

The lands were acquired by Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin) for the Russian Church in the 19th century and later expanded.[4] It was held by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) until 1997, when Palestinian authorities turned the compound over to the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox Church.[5] Ownership disputes continue,[6] although the ROCOR in 2007 restored its ties as a semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church.[citation needed]

It is located approximately 4 km to the southwest of Haram al-Ramat Mamre, the site of another "oak of Abraham" described by Josephus, surrounded with an enclosure by Herod the Great, and where Constantine the Great built a basilica in the 4th century.

References

  1. ^ "Map of Hebron region produced by the Survey of Palestine, showing the compound 'El Moskobiya'". The National Library of Israel, Eran Laor Cartographic collection. 1945.
  2. ^ Jabali, Fuad (2014-03-30). "Irsā al-Usus al-'Ilmīyah li al-Dirāsat al-Islāmīyah: al-Taṭawwur al-Akādīmī li al-Jāmi'at al-Islāmīyah al-Ḥukūmīyah wa al-Ma'āhid al-Islāmīyah al-Ḥukūmīyah al-'Ulyā bi Indūnīsīyā". Studia Islamika. 9 (2). doi:10.15408/sdi.v9i2.668. ISSN 2355-6145.
  3. ^ "Hebron's only church keeps the faith in turbulent city". Your Middle East. 2016-01-17. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  4. ^ Nofal, Aziza (2019-01-04). "Hebron's only Orthodox church quiet on Christmas". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ Schmemann, Serge (1997-07-11). "Arafat Enters Into a New Fray, Over a Russian Church". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ^ "فيديو- العدل العليا تلغي قرار الرئيس بمنح المسكوبية للبعثة الروسية". وكـالـة مـعـا الاخـبـارية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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