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Deir Rafat ((アラビア語:دير رفات), (ヘブライ語:דיר ראפאת)) is a former Palestinian Arab village in central Israel, 26 kilometers west of Jerusalem, and the seat of a Catholic monastery, the Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Palestine and of the Holy Land, known in French as Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Palestine – Beit Shemesh. The monastery was established in 1927 by the Latin patriarch Luigi Barlassina and contained a boarding school, an orphanage and convent. Currently the convent is running a guest house and a retreat center for believers and Holy Land pilgrims. The facade of the convent church bears the Latin inscription "Reginae Palaestinae", lit. "to the Queen of Palestine", and carries a 6-metre statue of the Virgin Mary. The church ceiling is decorated with a painting showing angels carrying banners with the first words of the Hail Mary prayer in 280 languages.〔http://english.bethleem.org/monasteres/deirrafat.php〕〔http://www.lpj.org/newsite2006/news/2006/08/deir-rafat-eng.pdf〕 Since 2009, the convent is in the care of the female branch of the Catholic order known as "the monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno", called the monastic Sisters of Bethlehem.〔http://english.bethleem.org/monasteres/deirrafat.php〕 Located to the northwest of Beit Shemesh, between Givat Shemesh and kibbutz Tzora to the south and Kfar Uria to the north, Deir Rafat falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2011, it had a population of 66.〔(Population by settlement ) Central Bureau of Statistics〕 It ==Gallery== Image:PC160142.JPG|The monastery Image:Deir Rafat doors.jpg|The doors with "Ave Maria" in many languages Image:PC160010.JPG|Inside the monastery Image:PC160001.JPG|Prayer book 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deir Rafat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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