Church of the Pater Noster

Church of the Pater Noster
The church in 2009
Map
31°46′41″N 35°14′42″E / 31.7780°N 35.2449°E / 31.7780; 35.2449
LocationChristian Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem,
DenominationCatholic
Religious instituteCarmelites
History
StatusActive
Founder(s)Constantine the Great (Eleona basilica)
Aurélie de La Tour d'Auvergne (modern Pater Noster Church)
Architecture
Architect(s)Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, André Lecomte (du Nouÿ?) - Pater Noster cloister
Marcel Favier - new church over Eleona ruins
StyleRomanesque Revival
Groundbreakingearly 4th century (Eleona)
1860s (Pater Noster Church)
Completed1872 - the Carmelite convent[1]
Specifications
MaterialsStone

The Church of the Pater Noster (French: Église du Pater Noster) is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. It is part of a Carmelite monastery, also known as the Sanctuary of the Eleona. The Church of the Pater Noster stands right next to the ruins of the 4th-century Byzantine Church of Eleona. The ruins of the Eleona were rediscovered in the 20th century and its walls were partially rebuilt. Today, France administers the land on which both churches and the entire monastery are standing, following the Ottoman capitulations, as the Eleona Domain (French: Domaine de l'Eleona), part of the French national domain in the Holy Land [fr], which has been formalised by the Fischer-Chauvel Agreement of 1948-49,[citation needed] though the agreement has not been ratified by Israel’s Knesset.

  1. ^ Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome (2008). "Church of the Pater Noster". The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford University Press. pp. 143–144. ISBN 9780199236664. Retrieved 7 November 2024.