The Resurrection Church ( he, הכנסייה הצלבנית באבו גוש la, 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 in Abu Ghosh, 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 the Crusaders came to Abu Gosh hospital and built the Church of the Resurrection as a fortress. But in 1187, they were driven out of place by Sultan Saladin, although the church, unlike many other Christian churches, was not destroyed or converted into a mosque. In 1899, the church was bought by the French State from 1901 and used by the

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of France. In 1956, the church was placed under the administration of the

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. Today, it is part of a complex mixed Catholic monastery for both men and women.

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