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3 unusual facts about Dormition Abbey


Dieter Vieweger

Visiting professor at the Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem, for Biblical Archaeology in the years 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

Dormition Abbey

During his visit to Jerusalem in 1898 for the dedication of the Protestant Church of the Redeemer, Kaiser Wilhelm II bought this piece of land on Mount Zion for 120,000 German Goldmark from Sultan Abdul Hamid II and presented it to the "German Union of the Holy Land" ("Deutscher Verein vom Heiligen Lande").

Weston Priory

Weston Priory was founded by Abbot Leo A. Rudloff of Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem in 1953.



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