Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas

Abbey of Our Lady of the Atlas
Abbey of Our Lady of the Atlas
Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas is located in Algeria
Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas
Location within Algeria
Monastery information
OrderTrappists
EstablishedMarch 7, 1938
Mother houseAiguebelle Abbey
DioceseArchdiocese of Alger
AbbotDom Christian de Chergé, O.C.S.O. (1996)
Site
CountryAlgeria
Coordinates36°17′44″N 2°42′56″E / 36.2956°N 2.7155°E / 36.2956; 2.7155

The Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas (Arabic: دير سيدة الأطلس; French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Atlas) is a Catholic monastery of Trappists, inaugurated on March 7, 1938, in Tibhirine, close to Médéa, in Algeria.

The abbey became more known in 1996, when seven monks were kidnapped from the monastery, during the Algerian Civil War, and were killed. The film Of Gods and Men, released in 2010, tells the events that led to their deaths.