Abbey of the Dormition

Abbey of the Dormition

Location within Jerusalem
Monastery information
Order	Benedictine
Established	Early 5th century
Dedicated to	Dormition of the Mother of God
Abbot	Nikodemus Schnabel
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Style	Romanesque Revival
Site
Location	Jerusalem
Public access	yes
Website	dormitio.net

Abbey of the Dormition (German: Dormitio-Abtei, Hebrew: כנסיית הדורמיציון Knesia HaDormitsiyon, Arabic: كنيسة رقاد السيدة العذراء) 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, died.

Between 1998 and 2006 the community was known as the Abbey of Hagia Maria Sion,^[1] 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 has become a target for vandalism and desecration by extremist nationalist Israelis.^[2]