Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery of the Holy Trinity explained

31.533°N 35.1°W

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.

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.

External links

• Троицкий монастырь и храм св. Праотцев в Хевроне - a report in LiveJournal.
• Holy Land Pilgrimage video of tour to church

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1945 . Map of Hebron region produced by the Survey of Palestine, showing the compound 'El Moskobiya' . The National Library of Israel, Eran Laor Cartographic collection.
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 . 10.15408/sdi.v9i2.668 . 2355-6145. free .
3. Web site: 2016-01-17. Hebron's only church keeps the faith in turbulent city. 2020-06-10. Your Middle East. en-US. 2019-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191219104431/https://yourmiddleeast.com/2016/01/17/hebrons-only-church-keeps-the-faith-in-turbulent-city/. dead.
4. Web site: Nofal. Aziza. 2019-01-04. Hebron's only Orthodox church quiet on Christmas. 2020-06-10. Al-Monitor. en.
5. News: Schmemann. Serge. 1997-07-11. Arafat Enters Into a New Fray, Over a Russian Church. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-06-10. 0362-4331.
6. Web site: فيديو- العدل العليا تلغي قرار الرئيس بمنح المسكوبية للبعثة الروسية. 2020-06-10. وكـالـة مـعـا الاخـبـارية. ar.