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The Mount is a Category C prison for adult males. As of 31 August 2015, it had an operational capacity of 1,028. [8] The regime at the prison includes full- and part-time education, workshops, training courses, farms and gardens, and a works department.
Christians and Jews may only visit the site as tourists and only for four hours per day five days per week. [23] [24] Israel also restricts the number of religious Jews that can visit at a time. Until 2003, it was limited to five; in 2003 it was increased to 10; in 2010 it was increased to 20 and in 2011 it was again increased to 50 at a time. [25]
The Armenians regained the church after 1967 and repaired the church. [8] In the 1970s, construction for a new church began, next to the original one. [ 9 ] [ 8 ] However, due to still-unresolved planning and zoning issues, construction halted, and the new church remains unfinished to this date.
Church attendance is a central religious practice for many Christians; some Christian denominations require church attendance on the Lord's Day (Sunday). The Canon Law of the Catholic Church states, "on Sundays and other holy days of obligation , the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass ". [ 2 ]
[110] [111] Mont-Saint-Michel continued in use as an ecclesiastical prison until 1791, when, during the French Revolution the abbey was closed and converted entirely into a prison; [112] it was not until 1863 that the prison was closed altogether, so that the building could be restored and, in 1874, declared a monument historique. [113]
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After the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, the church again fell into ruin and was not rebuilt until 1931. Today a golden rooster protrudes prominently from the sanctuary roof in honor of its biblical connection. The church belongs to the Assumptionist Fathers, a French order established in 1887 and named for Mary's Assumption into heaven.