Deir Rafat

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This article is about the monastery. For the depopulated Palestinian village located 2 km east, see Dayr Rafat.

Deir Rafat דיר ראפאת دير رفات
Deir Rafat
Coordinates: 31°46′33.53″N 34°56′46.75″E / 31.7759806°N 34.9463194°E / 31.7759806; 34.9463194Coordinates: 31°46′33.53″N 34°56′46.75″E / 31.7759806°N 34.9463194°E / 31.7759806; 34.9463194
District	Jerusalem
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Founded	1927
Founded by	Luigi Barlassina
Population (2011)	66

Deir Rafat (Arabic: دير رفات‎, Hebrew: דיר ראפאת‎) is a Catholic monastery and former Palestinian village in central Israel, 26 kilometers west of Jerusalem. Located to the north-west of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 66.^[1]

The monastery was established in 1927 by the Latin partriach Luigi Barlassina.

Gallery

The monastery
The doors with "Ave Maria" in many languages
Inside the monastery
Prayer book

References

↑ Population by settlement Central Bureau of Statistics

v t e Mateh Yehuda Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Harel Kiryat Anavim Ma'ale HaHamisha Nahshon Netiv HaLamed-Heh Ramat Rachel Tzora Tzova

Moshavim	Aderet Agur Aminadav Aviezer Bar Giora Beit Zayit Beit Meir Beit Nekofa Bekoa Eshtaol Even Sapir Gefen Giv'at Ye'arim Givat Yeshayahu Kfar Uria Ksalon Luzit Mevo Beitar Mata Mahsia Mesilat Zion Naham Nehusha Nes Harim Neve Ilan Neve Michael Ora Ramat Raziel Sdot Micha Sho'eva Shoresh Ta'oz Tal Shahar Tarum Tirosh Tzafririm Tzelafon Yad HaShmona Yish'i Zanoah Zekharia

Communal settlements	Nataf Srigim Tzur Hadassah

Jewish villages	Gizo Motza Illit

Arab villages	Ein Naqquba Ein Rafa

Other villages	Deir Rafat Ein Kerem Agricultural School Eitanim Givat Shemesh Kfar Zoharim Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village Neve Shalom Yedida

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