Mount of olives in Jerusalem: main shrines and landmarks

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Mount of olives in Israel is an object whose importance to world culture is very difficult to overestimate. This monument of history and architecture is also a sacred place for people of several religions.

Mount of olives (Israel) and its geography

In terms of orography, it's not even a mountain, and a ridge of hills, stretching along the North-Eastern, Eastern and South-Eastern corner of Jerusalem. It consists of three separate peaks, the highest of which reaches an absolute height of 826 meters.

On the southern side with the ridge bordered a Mountain of grief (or death). The mount of olives is separated kedrosky valley. Downstairs, on the Western slopes, is the place called Gethsemane. It was here, according to the Scriptures, prayed to Jesus Christ prior to his arrest.

mount of olives

These hills since ancient times been planted with olive trees, in connection with which the mountain was and the second the name of Oil. Eight of the oldest olive trees grow within the garden of Gethsemane today.

The importance of Sacred mountains

Mount of olives is revered by both Jews and Christians of different rites. In Judaism it is the place where David worshiped God. With the mount of olives connects the end of the world and the Jewish prophet Ezekiel.

In Christianity, the mount of olives is the place of the last prayer of Christ before his arrest. Here he ascended to heaven.

Mentioned in the sacred texts and the garden of Gethsemane. In particular, the gospel says that it was here often Jesus went with his disciples to pray. Here he was betrayed by one of them - Judas.

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Mount of olives (Jerusalem): the main sights

On the slopes and three peaks of the ridge, a huge number of architectural monuments, sacred sites and attractions. Among them:

  • The old Jewish cemetery;
  • Tomb of the virgin Mary;
  • The cave of Prophets;
  • The Church of all Nations;
  • Catholic Church of the Pater noster;
  • Ascension monastery;
  • The Church of Mary Magdalene;
  • The garden of Gethsemane, and others.

Old Jewish cemetery

If you look at the mount of olives from Jerusalem, immediately struck by the huge number of tombstones, which is literally littered with its Western slopes. All of this is the tomb of an ancient Jewish cemetery. Here there are no less than 150 thousand!

mount of olives Jerusalem

It was here, according to the book of the prophet Zechariah, will begin the resurrection of the dead at the end of days of our world. On the mountain there are the so-called Cave of the prophets, which is 36 burial niches. Among them - the tomb of the prophet Zechariah.

The First burial on the mount of olives scientists date back to the IX-X centuries BC. Now at this point stretched the Arab residential neighborhood of Silwan. Later, the cemetery began to expand and occupied the slopes of the ridge. In the mid-twentieth century, when the mount of olives belonged to Jordan, many graves and tombstones were destroyed, ruined or defiled.

Tomb of the virgin Mary

The Tomb of the Theotokos (virgin Mary) is one of the most important Christian shrines. It is located at Gethsemane, built over her cave Church of the assumption. Access services in this temple are the representatives of multiple denominations.

It was here, according to the sacred texts of the apostles buried the virgin Mary, erected by the Christian Church to the rank of saints.

mount of olives Israel

The Temple is located underground. Going into it, a pilgrim enters on the wide staircase of 48 steps. The tomb of the virgin Mary located in a small chapel - room with size 2 by 2 meters. The total length of the underground Church is 34 meters and a width of only 6. Immediately behind the chapel, in the frame of pink marble, houses the miraculous icon of the Mother of God, which is highly revered by the Orthodox.

Visit the underground Church of the Dormition of the virgin Mary and the Muslims, who also venerate the virgin Mary.

Church of all Nations

The Basilica of the Agony of the Lord, or Church of all Nations is, perhaps, the most famous temple on the mount of olives. The temple was built in the 1920-ies on the place in the garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus made his last prayer at liberty.

Church on the mount of olives

The author of the Basilica was the Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi. The temple was built on donations from twelve countries in the world. That is why it is decorated with 12 domes.

The Church of all Nations is a Catholic, but members of other faiths can do his worship at an open altar near the Church.

Church of Mary Magdalene

Another beautiful temple, which adorns the slopes of the mount of olives is the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene. It was built in the late XIX century. Here is one of several relics, in particular the miraculous icon "Hodegetria", as well as the relics of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna and nun Barbara, a Martyr who died in 1918 at the hands of the Bolsheviks.

The Temple, built of white-gray local stone, is a fine example of Russian architecture. The building has seven domes and a bell tower. In the interior of the Church of tourists and pilgrims impresses with a beautiful floor made from coloured marble, as well as the iconostasis, decorated with ornaments of bronze.

Conclusion...

Thus, the mount of olives (oil-producing) mount in Jerusalem is a sacred area with a huge number of attractions. To visit it, to touch the Holy relics of the ancient temples is the dream of every true believer.


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