The Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery of the Holy Trinity (russian: храм св. Праотцев и Троицкий монастырь), also known as Al Maskobiya ( ar, كنيسة المسكوبية), is a

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monastery and church in

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, Palestine, founded in the 20th century on the site of the ancient

Oak of Mamre An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

. The lands were acquired by Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin) for the Russian Church in the 19th century and later expanded. 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

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. Ownership disputes continue, although the ROCOR in 2007 restored its ties as a semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is located approximately 4 km to the southwest of Haram al-Ramat Mamre, the site of another "oak of Abraham" described by

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, surrounded with an enclosure by

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, and where

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built a basilica in the 4th century.

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The Oak of Mamre
- Orthodox Wiki.
Троицкий монастырь и храм св. Праотцев в Хевроне
- a report in

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. *Holy Land Pilgrimag
video of tour to church
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