Abbey of Our Lady of Mount Zion

Abbey of the Dormition (Dormitio-Abtei, Knesia HaDormitsiyon) is a Catholic abbey belonging to the Benedictine Order in Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, just outside the walls of the Old City near the Zion Gate. The Abbey is said to mark the spot where Mary, mother of Jesus, ended her worldly existence. Between 1998 and 2006 the community was known as the Abbey of Hagia Maria Sion, in reference to the basilica of Hagia Sion that stood on this spot during the Byzantine period, but it resumed the original name during the 2006 celebrations of the monastery's centenary. "Hagia Maria Sion" is now the name of the foundation supporting the abbey's buildings, community and academic work. In recent years the church was a target for vandalism and desecration by extremist nationalist Israelis.

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