The Monastery of St. John in the wilderness is a Franciscan monastery built next to a spring, on a wooded slope just south of Jerusalem and not too far from Ein karem, the village where John the Baptist was born – Church of Saint John the Baptist. It is believed that here in this...
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An Ancient Room inside a Bakery Today we are visiting an Ancient Room inside a bakery, to see one of the gates to the Byzantine church of the holy sepulchre. Every day, hundreds if not thousands, of Christian pilgrims walk the Via Dolorosa from station number 1 where Jesus was put to...
Church of Saint John the Baptist Today we are visiting another church in Ein Kerem, a small village outside Jerusalem which hosts several churches and monasteries related to John the Baptist. It is the Church of Saint John the Baptist and it stands at the spot where John the...
Church of the Visitation Today we are visiting the Church of the Visitation Ein Karem Jerusalem which marks the place were Mary, Mother of Jesus, had met her relative Elizabeth after the angel Gabriel revealed himself to Mary and told her she was pregnant with the son of God, and that...
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem Churches, Russian Churches
Alexander Nevsky Church Jerusalem
Origin of the Name The Russian Alexander Nevsky Church is one of the well known shrines within the Russian Orthodox complex of the city of Jerusalem, and it is popular for housing the remains of the 4th century Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The name of the church was given by the Russian...
