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Naturally, Jerusalem is abundant with churches. The following presentation
 is not an extensive survey of them and does not pretend to include them all.
  One of the main parameters to include a church in this presentation is its
visual side. There is no real educational refer to which Christian division the
churches belong, but a mention only. This is mainly a visual journey, and its
                          purpose – seeing for oneself.
We will start our tour with the churches closing on the sky line of Jerusalem.
 And first – the Augusta Victoria church on Mount Olives, which bell tower is
  seen from every corner in Jerusalem. This church, established at 1910, was
  built by the German Kaiser Friedrich the 2nd after his visit in Jerusalem at
 1898, and is called after his wife, who had accompanied him on that visit. In
   addition to the church itself, the place has a hostel for German protestant
pilgrims and a rest-home for German residents. For years now, these buildings
 function as hospitals for the Arab population of Jerusalem and its environs.
The church sructure and its bell tower.
A general viwe of the church’s hall and its ceiling
We go to mount Zion, and on its top - the Dormition church – “the sleep of saint
Mary”. The chapel is dedicated to its decorations. Directly in front of the This
         The main chapel hall and the ascension of Mary – mother of Jesus.
           entrance, above the apsis – a big drowing of Mary and Jesus.
church, finished at 1906, is also an initiative of Kaiser Wilhelm the 2nd, who built
 it on a ground given to him as a present from the Turkish sultan Hamid, while
     visiting Jerusalem at 1898. It is built on the ruins of a crusaders church
                           preceded by a Byzantine one.




      It is worth to tell, that the unusual cone roof of the church, made of tin over
       wood construction, had not “content” along the years. In WWI Jerusalem
      was attacked by Italian airplanes, and the only damage caused was a direct
     hit to the Dormition’s roof. It took a long time to repair it, and shortly after,
     late 1947, the War of Independence broke and the tin roof was pierced like a
    sieve of massive shooting of the Jordanian legionnaires. The reconstruction of
       the cone took till 1959, and held on until the first day of the Six Days War
     (6/6/67), when it was hit and caught fire. After the war it was repaired again
                                  and is still standing to date.
A painting of the sleeping Mary before her ascension
We go down to the basement, it too a beauty. Here we can find the sculpture
of sleeping Mary, and above it a ceiling with paintings of famous women of the
biblical history such as Eve, Esther, Ruth, Judith, and Miriam sister of Moses
                            – all surrounding Jesus.
On the eastern side of mount Zion facing Kidron valley and Kfar Ha’shiloach,
  and a bit hidden though its might and beauty, is the Church of Saint Peter in
 Gallicantu – built where traditionally stood the house of Kaipha – the head of
 the Judean Sanhedrin, who sentenced Jesus to death!!! Here also denied Peter
the accusation of extraditing Jesus. The name Gallicantu – “call of the rooster”
  in Latin, symbolizes the denial of Peter three times – one after the other. The
  church is built of several stories, which the lower ones show ancient building
 remains as well as the room which Jesus was imprisoned after his extradition.
  The church is run by catholic monks of the French order – the Asamsonites.
The upper chapel, the main one – its ceiling decoration


The descent to the room where Jesus was imprisoned
                The lower story chapel
The church of the Redeemer
The church of the Redeemer is a protestant Lutheran church located in the
Christian quarter of Jerusalem, near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Its chapel
  is simple and graceless but it stands out with its bell tower, rising above the old
 city roofs, as well as its unique cloister built aside the chapel. This church is also
related to former mentioned Kaiser Friedrich the 2nd, as one of the reasons for his
    visit in the country at 1898 was to inaugurate this church that was built with
     German empire money. The church is built on the ruins of saint Mary the
        crusader from the 12th century, as well as on some Byzantine remains.
This is the fabulous cloister of the church of the Redeemer – a remnant from
the Byzantine period. The cloister is a square court surrounded on four sides
                   with arcades, and a garden in its center.

                                                               This is the
                                                                arcade
Not far from there, at the beginning of the “Via Dolorosa”, adjacent to the
Lion’s gate, is a huge church called Santa Anna church. Anna was the wife
 of Jehoyachin, mother of Mary, and here, according to the eastern church
   tradition, Mary was born. The church belongs to a French order – the
catholic “white brothers”. It was built in the crusaders period (11th century)
                         on a Byzantine church ruins.
A sculpture of Anna and her daughter Mary in the residence cave of Anna,
                           and it decorations.
We go out east through the Lion’s gate and down the Mount of Olives we find
a few especially impressive impression front – the Churchchurch,
               Below – the churches: the first view of the of the Agony, also
called the Church of All Nations – a name given to it as a result of the massive
                       and the inside view off the chapel.
    fund rising in many different countries for its construction (in the years
    1919-1924). It is built on ruins of a crusaders church and there are also
   mosaics from an ancient Byzantine church. It is constructed on a natural
  rock surface that according to the tradition used Jesus for his sleep before
   extradited to the Sanhedrin. The place itself is called Gethsemane (or Gat
                   Shemanim in Hebrew, meaning oil press)
Inside the church – the rock Jesus spent his last hours on before being extradited


              Jesus resting on the rock after The Last Supper
Next to the Church of All Nations is the Mary’s tomb church. This is a vast
 cave, and acording to the chatolic tradition it was here the Mary was laid
before her ascension. As recalled – the Dormition church also describes the
        place of Mary’s sleep, and on this matter the versions differ.
A bit more up the mountain is the Russian Church of Mary Magdalene. It was
built in 1888 according to the Russian tradition characterized with gold plated
 “onion” towers, shining to the distance. Unlike most of the other churches, it
    does not indicate on a holy place. Its name infers Mary the Magdalene
(Miriam of Migdal - a resident of the town of Migdal on the Galilee sea shore)
who was one of Jesus disciples, and according to the tradition also attended his
                            burial and resurrection.
The front of the church and the main hall.
Another short climb and we areandthe entrance hall beneath it with a latticed
   The churches tear like dome at the humble of the Dominus Flevit Church
  (meaning “The Lord Wept” in Latin). This church commemorate the story
                      window viewing the Temple Mount.
  about Jesus saying: “When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and
wept over it… they will not leave in you one stone upon another…“ (Luke 19,
41- 44). The churches dome resembles a tear, and it is also built on a Byzantine
          church ruins, which mosaic’s floor has partially preserved.
We move to the area of the modern western Jerusalem, and here we find a
   few more beautiful churches. Beneath Israel Museum in the valley of the
cross is the Monastery of the Cross. Here – according to the tradition – grew
the olive tree which was used to make the cross on which Jesus was crucified
(hence the name). And if that is not enough – the tradition clams the tree was
 planted by Lot as a part of his atonement. The place was first built in the 6th
century A.C. and ruined, and the present building was established in the 11th
   century by Georgian monks. In the 18th century it was purchased by the
     Greek orthodox church which own many assets in Jerusalem and its
                                 surroundings.
The churches main hall
The “paintings hall” inside and the bell tower above it
We go to the Russian Compound to visit the Holy Trinity Cathedral. The
whole compound was purchased by the Russians in the second half of the 19th
  century, when the Russian pilgrimage movement began to rise. First they
   built hostels to accommodate the pilgrims, and in 1872 the church was
 inaugurated. It was built (by the tsar’s initiative) to resemble the St Vasily
   church in the red square in Moscow, with eight towers rising above it.
There is another area in
Jerusalem abundant with
churches – Ein Kerem. Lacking of
space, we will show only one of the
churches - the Church of the
Visitation. Here – according to the
tradition - was the summer house
of Zechariah and Elizabeth –
parents of John the Baptist, who
were relatives of Mary mother of
Jesus, and she visited here on her
way to Jerusalem, in her last days
of pregnancy.
The church was established in
1955 on the ruins of a crusaders
church from around the 12th
century, and it is a Franciscan
catholic church
The inside of the chapel, and the paintings of the tow relatives meeting.
And here before us, a painting showing a controversial story, telling about Herod receiving
   a message saying the Messiah was just born to the Judea tribe. He issues an order to
execute all male infants recently born to the tribe, but when his soldiers come to Zechariah
 and Elizabeth’s house, a miracle happens and a large rock is oppend, allowing her to hide
                                   in it and save her son.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre

  We finish with the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. This is the holiest site to
Christianity, even holier then St Peter’s basilica in the Vatican. This enormous
  church is built on Jesus' crucifixion site – Golgotha, and inside is the cave
    were Jesus was buried in, resurrected and ascended. The place was first
   identified by Helena – mother of Constantine, the emperor who declared
 Christianity as the official country’s religion in 324 A.C. In 326 A.C. Helena
arrived to Jerusalem to locate the place. In the site there was a Roman/pagan
 shrine, apparently to blur the memory of Jesus, but post factum it seems to
     have brought certainty to the identification of the site. The shrine was
destroyed and instead Constantine and Helena established the first Church of
 the Holy Sepulcher, inaugurated in 333 A.C. The church was destroyed and
 renovated several times due to the different conquests, and the structure we
 know today was built in 1099 with the crusaders conquest and standing still
                          though repeatedly renovated.
 Unlike most churches in the Christian world, that belong each to its certain
order, this church is joint managed by 7 different orders, the three dominant
  ones being: the Greek orthodox, the Armenians and the Franciscans. On a
   lower rank are the Copts, the Syrians, the Ya’acobits and the Ethiopians
(located on the church’s roof). (And the keys for the church, believe it or not,
                    are in the hands of a Muslim family!!!)
The joint management causes bitter disputes between the orders – when every
   change, renovation or small repair demands unanimous agreement and some
    times they quarrel for years on different executions, let alone fundamental
       disagreements about performing different rituals on different dates.
   In any case – these days it possible to see on Fridays, for instance, how all the
   orders perform their prayers, each in its hall, and by the end, come down one
after the other, accurate to the minute, to finish the prayer in front of Jesus burial
                               cave – the holiest spot!!!
A painting of the Golgotha – the Roman’s execution site. Jesus is being crucified
along with two “ordinary” criminals. On this site exist today the Church of the
                                Holy Sepulcher
Inside, in front of the entrance, placed the Stone of the Anointing – used to purify
 Jesus’ body and anoint it after he was taken down from the cross and brought to
                                        burial.
On the wall – a large mosaic picture, describing in three scenes how Jesus was
taken down from the cross and brought to proper burial in the familial burial
                        cave of Joseph of Arimathea.
Hundreds of people stand in line “rotunda”, and in its center the “aedicule” – of
   We are in the main hall – the to enter the cave itself and be in the presence
surrounding Jesus’ burial cave, and above it a marvelous dome that was recently
                             the Christianity father
                                   renovated.
The anteroom to the burial cave   The entrance to
                                                      the burial cave
An inside view of the burial cave
As mentioned before – the church has several praying halls, to all the different
                      orders, and here are some examples
Below – the Greek orthodox Golgotha chapel, and the “incense man” goes by and
                           waves the incense device
The Greek orthodox read their prayer and the head priest goes out to them when
                                  finished
The Franciscans go out every Friday to their weekly parade along the Via
                               Dolorosa
Before us – a few examples of the “changing of guard” of the different
orders in front of the sepulcher cave.                     The Armenians



     The Franciscans




                                                                 The Malta
                                                                  knights
Here we finish, and as always, almost, over but not done with, and yet, we
   managed to bring to you a presentation of the variety of the impressive
churches of Jerusalem, the city holy to Christianity, as well as to the Judaism
                                 and Islam.


Photography, editing, and the presentation creation
    Igal morag -                  morag-i@013.net.il

      You are also invited to visit my Internet site:
        http://morageng.artvision.co.il

                 English version - S. Morag

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Churches In Jerusalem

  • 1. Photography & editing – Igal Morag . Music- Carmina Burana
  • 2. Naturally, Jerusalem is abundant with churches. The following presentation is not an extensive survey of them and does not pretend to include them all. One of the main parameters to include a church in this presentation is its visual side. There is no real educational refer to which Christian division the churches belong, but a mention only. This is mainly a visual journey, and its purpose – seeing for oneself.
  • 3. We will start our tour with the churches closing on the sky line of Jerusalem. And first – the Augusta Victoria church on Mount Olives, which bell tower is seen from every corner in Jerusalem. This church, established at 1910, was built by the German Kaiser Friedrich the 2nd after his visit in Jerusalem at 1898, and is called after his wife, who had accompanied him on that visit. In addition to the church itself, the place has a hostel for German protestant pilgrims and a rest-home for German residents. For years now, these buildings function as hospitals for the Arab population of Jerusalem and its environs.
  • 4. The church sructure and its bell tower.
  • 5. A general viwe of the church’s hall and its ceiling
  • 6. We go to mount Zion, and on its top - the Dormition church – “the sleep of saint Mary”. The chapel is dedicated to its decorations. Directly in front of the This The main chapel hall and the ascension of Mary – mother of Jesus. entrance, above the apsis – a big drowing of Mary and Jesus. church, finished at 1906, is also an initiative of Kaiser Wilhelm the 2nd, who built it on a ground given to him as a present from the Turkish sultan Hamid, while visiting Jerusalem at 1898. It is built on the ruins of a crusaders church preceded by a Byzantine one. It is worth to tell, that the unusual cone roof of the church, made of tin over wood construction, had not “content” along the years. In WWI Jerusalem was attacked by Italian airplanes, and the only damage caused was a direct hit to the Dormition’s roof. It took a long time to repair it, and shortly after, late 1947, the War of Independence broke and the tin roof was pierced like a sieve of massive shooting of the Jordanian legionnaires. The reconstruction of the cone took till 1959, and held on until the first day of the Six Days War (6/6/67), when it was hit and caught fire. After the war it was repaired again and is still standing to date.
  • 7. A painting of the sleeping Mary before her ascension
  • 8. We go down to the basement, it too a beauty. Here we can find the sculpture of sleeping Mary, and above it a ceiling with paintings of famous women of the biblical history such as Eve, Esther, Ruth, Judith, and Miriam sister of Moses – all surrounding Jesus.
  • 9. On the eastern side of mount Zion facing Kidron valley and Kfar Ha’shiloach, and a bit hidden though its might and beauty, is the Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu – built where traditionally stood the house of Kaipha – the head of the Judean Sanhedrin, who sentenced Jesus to death!!! Here also denied Peter the accusation of extraditing Jesus. The name Gallicantu – “call of the rooster” in Latin, symbolizes the denial of Peter three times – one after the other. The church is built of several stories, which the lower ones show ancient building remains as well as the room which Jesus was imprisoned after his extradition. The church is run by catholic monks of the French order – the Asamsonites.
  • 10. The upper chapel, the main one – its ceiling decoration The descent to the room where Jesus was imprisoned The lower story chapel
  • 11. The church of the Redeemer
  • 12. The church of the Redeemer is a protestant Lutheran church located in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem, near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Its chapel is simple and graceless but it stands out with its bell tower, rising above the old city roofs, as well as its unique cloister built aside the chapel. This church is also related to former mentioned Kaiser Friedrich the 2nd, as one of the reasons for his visit in the country at 1898 was to inaugurate this church that was built with German empire money. The church is built on the ruins of saint Mary the crusader from the 12th century, as well as on some Byzantine remains.
  • 13. This is the fabulous cloister of the church of the Redeemer – a remnant from the Byzantine period. The cloister is a square court surrounded on four sides with arcades, and a garden in its center. This is the arcade
  • 14. Not far from there, at the beginning of the “Via Dolorosa”, adjacent to the Lion’s gate, is a huge church called Santa Anna church. Anna was the wife of Jehoyachin, mother of Mary, and here, according to the eastern church tradition, Mary was born. The church belongs to a French order – the catholic “white brothers”. It was built in the crusaders period (11th century) on a Byzantine church ruins.
  • 15. A sculpture of Anna and her daughter Mary in the residence cave of Anna, and it decorations.
  • 16. We go out east through the Lion’s gate and down the Mount of Olives we find a few especially impressive impression front – the Churchchurch, Below – the churches: the first view of the of the Agony, also called the Church of All Nations – a name given to it as a result of the massive and the inside view off the chapel. fund rising in many different countries for its construction (in the years 1919-1924). It is built on ruins of a crusaders church and there are also mosaics from an ancient Byzantine church. It is constructed on a natural rock surface that according to the tradition used Jesus for his sleep before extradited to the Sanhedrin. The place itself is called Gethsemane (or Gat Shemanim in Hebrew, meaning oil press)
  • 17. Inside the church – the rock Jesus spent his last hours on before being extradited Jesus resting on the rock after The Last Supper
  • 18. Next to the Church of All Nations is the Mary’s tomb church. This is a vast cave, and acording to the chatolic tradition it was here the Mary was laid before her ascension. As recalled – the Dormition church also describes the place of Mary’s sleep, and on this matter the versions differ.
  • 19. A bit more up the mountain is the Russian Church of Mary Magdalene. It was built in 1888 according to the Russian tradition characterized with gold plated “onion” towers, shining to the distance. Unlike most of the other churches, it does not indicate on a holy place. Its name infers Mary the Magdalene (Miriam of Migdal - a resident of the town of Migdal on the Galilee sea shore) who was one of Jesus disciples, and according to the tradition also attended his burial and resurrection.
  • 20. The front of the church and the main hall.
  • 21. Another short climb and we areandthe entrance hall beneath it with a latticed The churches tear like dome at the humble of the Dominus Flevit Church (meaning “The Lord Wept” in Latin). This church commemorate the story window viewing the Temple Mount. about Jesus saying: “When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it… they will not leave in you one stone upon another…“ (Luke 19, 41- 44). The churches dome resembles a tear, and it is also built on a Byzantine church ruins, which mosaic’s floor has partially preserved.
  • 22. We move to the area of the modern western Jerusalem, and here we find a few more beautiful churches. Beneath Israel Museum in the valley of the cross is the Monastery of the Cross. Here – according to the tradition – grew the olive tree which was used to make the cross on which Jesus was crucified (hence the name). And if that is not enough – the tradition clams the tree was planted by Lot as a part of his atonement. The place was first built in the 6th century A.C. and ruined, and the present building was established in the 11th century by Georgian monks. In the 18th century it was purchased by the Greek orthodox church which own many assets in Jerusalem and its surroundings.
  • 24. The “paintings hall” inside and the bell tower above it
  • 25. We go to the Russian Compound to visit the Holy Trinity Cathedral. The whole compound was purchased by the Russians in the second half of the 19th century, when the Russian pilgrimage movement began to rise. First they built hostels to accommodate the pilgrims, and in 1872 the church was inaugurated. It was built (by the tsar’s initiative) to resemble the St Vasily church in the red square in Moscow, with eight towers rising above it.
  • 26. There is another area in Jerusalem abundant with churches – Ein Kerem. Lacking of space, we will show only one of the churches - the Church of the Visitation. Here – according to the tradition - was the summer house of Zechariah and Elizabeth – parents of John the Baptist, who were relatives of Mary mother of Jesus, and she visited here on her way to Jerusalem, in her last days of pregnancy. The church was established in 1955 on the ruins of a crusaders church from around the 12th century, and it is a Franciscan catholic church
  • 27. The inside of the chapel, and the paintings of the tow relatives meeting. And here before us, a painting showing a controversial story, telling about Herod receiving a message saying the Messiah was just born to the Judea tribe. He issues an order to execute all male infants recently born to the tribe, but when his soldiers come to Zechariah and Elizabeth’s house, a miracle happens and a large rock is oppend, allowing her to hide in it and save her son.
  • 28. Church of the Holy Sepulchre We finish with the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. This is the holiest site to Christianity, even holier then St Peter’s basilica in the Vatican. This enormous church is built on Jesus' crucifixion site – Golgotha, and inside is the cave were Jesus was buried in, resurrected and ascended. The place was first identified by Helena – mother of Constantine, the emperor who declared Christianity as the official country’s religion in 324 A.C. In 326 A.C. Helena arrived to Jerusalem to locate the place. In the site there was a Roman/pagan shrine, apparently to blur the memory of Jesus, but post factum it seems to have brought certainty to the identification of the site. The shrine was destroyed and instead Constantine and Helena established the first Church of the Holy Sepulcher, inaugurated in 333 A.C. The church was destroyed and renovated several times due to the different conquests, and the structure we know today was built in 1099 with the crusaders conquest and standing still though repeatedly renovated. Unlike most churches in the Christian world, that belong each to its certain order, this church is joint managed by 7 different orders, the three dominant ones being: the Greek orthodox, the Armenians and the Franciscans. On a lower rank are the Copts, the Syrians, the Ya’acobits and the Ethiopians (located on the church’s roof). (And the keys for the church, believe it or not, are in the hands of a Muslim family!!!)
  • 29. The joint management causes bitter disputes between the orders – when every change, renovation or small repair demands unanimous agreement and some times they quarrel for years on different executions, let alone fundamental disagreements about performing different rituals on different dates. In any case – these days it possible to see on Fridays, for instance, how all the orders perform their prayers, each in its hall, and by the end, come down one after the other, accurate to the minute, to finish the prayer in front of Jesus burial cave – the holiest spot!!!
  • 30. A painting of the Golgotha – the Roman’s execution site. Jesus is being crucified along with two “ordinary” criminals. On this site exist today the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
  • 31. Inside, in front of the entrance, placed the Stone of the Anointing – used to purify Jesus’ body and anoint it after he was taken down from the cross and brought to burial.
  • 32. On the wall – a large mosaic picture, describing in three scenes how Jesus was taken down from the cross and brought to proper burial in the familial burial cave of Joseph of Arimathea.
  • 33. Hundreds of people stand in line “rotunda”, and in its center the “aedicule” – of We are in the main hall – the to enter the cave itself and be in the presence surrounding Jesus’ burial cave, and above it a marvelous dome that was recently the Christianity father renovated.
  • 34. The anteroom to the burial cave The entrance to the burial cave An inside view of the burial cave
  • 35. As mentioned before – the church has several praying halls, to all the different orders, and here are some examples Below – the Greek orthodox Golgotha chapel, and the “incense man” goes by and waves the incense device
  • 36. The Greek orthodox read their prayer and the head priest goes out to them when finished
  • 37. The Franciscans go out every Friday to their weekly parade along the Via Dolorosa
  • 38. Before us – a few examples of the “changing of guard” of the different orders in front of the sepulcher cave. The Armenians The Franciscans The Malta knights
  • 39. Here we finish, and as always, almost, over but not done with, and yet, we managed to bring to you a presentation of the variety of the impressive churches of Jerusalem, the city holy to Christianity, as well as to the Judaism and Islam. Photography, editing, and the presentation creation Igal morag - morag-i@013.net.il You are also invited to visit my Internet site: http://morageng.artvision.co.il English version - S. Morag