HOLY LAND
Located a quarter mile outside the Old City Walls, this monastery sits on a slope beside the Garden Tomb. Centuries ago, it was right on the ancient road to Damascus but before this, the entire...
HOLY LAND
Just one block from the Old City wall and set beside a bustling bus station is the Garden Tomb. Yet despite its central location, this place is serene and tranquil.
Discovered in 1884 by General...
Around Mt. of Olives
Mount of Olives Hebrew Cemetery
The ancient Hebrew cemetery on the Mount of Olives is one of the holiest and the oldest Jewish cemeteries. It is located on the western slope of the Mount of Olives and lies opposite...
Around Mt. of Olives
�And as he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it.�
This Franciscan shrine, with its gray tear-shaped dome, was erected in 1955. The name means �The Lord Wept� in Latin and the...
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...