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 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.
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The church on top of Kiriath-Jearim -
The statue of Madonna and Child
| Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant Church | |
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| כנסיית גבירתנו של ארון הברית | |
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Arche-d'Alliance | |
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| Location | Abu Ghosh |
| Country |  Israel |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Significance
editIn Christianity, Mary has been interpreted as the new and ultimate receptacle of God's covenant. In Catholicism, the Blessed Virgin Mary is identified as the "Ark of the New Covenant".[7][8] Some of the Church Fathers reasoned that by having carried the saviour of mankind inside her womb, Mary herself had become the new Holy of Holies.[9] For more see Ark of the Covenant: New Testament and replacement theology.
History
editIn 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 (see Abu Ghosh: Abbey of St Mary of the Resurrection).
In 1924, a church was built at the traditional site of the house of Abinadab, where the Ark of the Covenant rested for twenty years, until King David took it to Jerusalem. It was built on the site of a previous Byzantine church of the fifth century. The modern church can be recognized from afar due to the statue of Mary carrying the baby Jesus in her arms, which towers over the roof. The interior is decorated with simplicity. Its walls are painted white, and the central apse has a large Latin cross.
The modern church was established by the Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition. In 2018, since the dedication of the statue of the Lady of La Vang in the garden, the church has become the meeting place of Vietnamese pilgrims.[10] On-site activities include, besides religious services, music events of the ″Abu Ghosh Music Festival″.
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Kiryat Yearim, lugar de paso del Arca de la Alianza". cmc-terrasanta.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ^ Price, Randall (2005-01-01). Searching for the Ark of the Covenant. Harvest House Publishers. ISBN 9780736910521.
- ^ Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2008-10-02). Israël: country guide 2009-2010 (in French). Petit Futé. ISBN 978-2746922624.
- ^ "Abu Gosh: Shrine of Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant | Marie de Nazareth". en.mariedenazareth.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ^ Gardiner, Philip (2007-01-01). The Ark, the Shroud, and Mary: The Untold Truths about the Relics of the Bible. Career Press. ISBN 9781564149244.
- ^ Thomas, Amelia; Kohn, Michael (2010-01-01). Israel & the Palestinian Territories. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781742203515.
- ^ Ray, Steve (October 2005). "Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant". This Rock. 16 (8). Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ David Michael Lindsey, The Woman and The Dragon: Apparitions of Mary, p. 21 (Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2000) ISBN 1-56554-731-4
- ^ Dwight Longenecker, David Gustafson, Mary: A Catholic Evangelical Debate, p. 32 (Gracewing, 2003). ISBN 0-85244-582-2
- ^ Nguyen, Cong Doan (2018). Trích đoạn Sách Thánh giúp người đi viếng Đất Thánh (in Vietnamese).
