Around Mt. of Olives
Around Mt. of Olives
Russian Church of Mary Magdalene
With its seven golden onion domes and lavish 17th-century Muscovite style architecture, this is one of the most beautiful churches in Jerusalem. This church was built by Czar Alexander III in 1885. It commemorates...
Around Mt. of Olives
Church of All Nations and Gardens of Gethsemane
"And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray" (Matthew, XXVI 36).
The Church of All Nations is set at the...
Around Mt. of Olives
He was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in...
Around Mt. of Olives
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east...
Around Mt. of Olives
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." He said to them,...
Around Mt. of Olives
Holy Sites Around Mount of Olives
For millennia before the birth of Jesus, the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem was a sacred place. It is referred to in the Old Testament and during the life of Jesus, it played a pivotal role.
Jesus...