Benedictine monastery in Abu Ghosh

The Benedictine monastery in Abu Ghosh, officially St Mary of the Resurrection Abbey,[1] (French: Abbaye Sainte-Marie de la Résurrection d'Abu Gosh) is a monastery run by the Olivetan Benedictine order in Abu Ghosh, Israel.

[2] It was established in the 12th century on top of Roman ruins in the center of Abu Ghosh, known by the Crusaders as Fontenoid.

Edward Robinson (1838) described it as "obviously from the time of the crusades, and [...] more perfectly preserved than any other ancient church in Palestine."

Today a double monastery of nuns and priests worship in the church and offer hospitality, commemorating the New Testament story of the couple on the Jerusalem–Emmaus road.

[4] The walls are bearing traces of the Crusader-period frescoes, painted in Byzantine style and restored between 1995 and 2001.