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monastery, on March 7, 1938, close to the Lodi village founded by colonists in 1848, in the agriculture territory of Tib-Harins, which became
Tibhirine after 1962 Tib-Harine means "Gardens" in Berber and specifically vegetable garden: this term brings to mind the "garden terraces" around the monastery, irrigated by a basin. It is an important centre in the country, with a farm, which is dominated by the Tibhirine Forest. The community numbered firstly thirteen monks including some who were already present in Staouéli.
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and Father Amédée, were in separate rooms and escaped the kidnappers' notice. After the kidnappers left, the remaining monks attempted to contact the police, but found that the telephone lines had been cut. As there was a curfew in force, they had to wait until morning to drive to the police station
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The community lived in a monastic refuge in Ouled-Trift, which was then transferred, in 1935, to Ben Chicao, located 20 km from Médéa and 100 km south of
Algiers, in the mountain range of Atlas. In 1938, Aiguebelle Abbey became the mother abbey of this community. The monks set up the Atlas
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Algerian war, Fellaghas raided the monastery. In 1962, there were just nine monks left. After the independence of Algeria, the closing of the monastery was considered by the monks, but the death of the General Abbot of the Trappists, Dom Gabriel Sortais during the same night as
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September 26, 1947. The first abbot was Dom Bernard Barbarous, former abbot of Maguzzano: He received the abbatial blessing on October 13, with the abbatial crozier of the Abbey of Staoueli, dated from 1856. This expressed the direct link between the
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came down from the mountain for fear of unrest and settled down little by little around and under the protection of the monastery, which contributed to the development of the village of
Tibhirine. The monks numbered around 30 in 1951 and about 25 a few years later, which was much less than in
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The farm and the adjacent lands to the abbey (374 hectares) were nationalized in 1976. The monks created with villagers, an agricultural cooperative to cultivate these lands together. In 1984, monks renounced the status of abbey in order to become an independent priory, and Dom
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broke out, "hey chose to put their lives at risk out of solidarity with the local
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