Category Archives: Churches

Tomb

We went to see reputed tomb of Joseph of Arimathea (couldn’t use the done he donated to Christ, after all it was empty?).     

Tomb

We went to see reputed tomb of Joseph of Arimathea (couldn’t use the done he donated to Christ, after all it was empty?).     

Resurrection 

Elsewhere in the church, the to  of Christ as even excavated around and clad so that it bears no real resemblance to its original appearance.    We did get to enter through the preparation room to the tomb itself.     

Resurrection 

Elsewhere in the church, the to  of Christ as even excavated around and clad so that it bears no real resemblance to its original appearance.    We did get to enter through the preparation room to the tomb itself.     

Death

We visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a bizarre warren of chapels on many levels, containing Golgotha, where Cgrist was crucified and his tomb. We said morning prayer in the Armenian chapel.       This is adjacent to the chapel

Death

We visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a bizarre warren of chapels on many levels, containing Golgotha, where Cgrist was crucified and his tomb. We said morning prayer in the Armenian chapel.       This is adjacent to the chapel

The steps of our Lord

Outside the church of St Peter in Callicantu is a statue of Peter with three figures representing each of his denials.     Next to the church is the original stairs by which Jesus would have been led from the Garden of

The steps of our Lord

Outside the church of St Peter in Callicantu is a statue of Peter with three figures representing each of his denials.     Next to the church is the original stairs by which Jesus would have been led from the Garden of

In Callicantu

The place where Peter denied Christ – The entry doors depict Chist warning Peter about the denials.      The image being the altar is Christ (above) and below the last supper. Huge icons Peter denies Christ  Peter realises his denials

In Callicantu

The place where Peter denied Christ – The entry doors depict Chist warning Peter about the denials.      The image being the altar is Christ (above) and below the last supper. Huge icons Peter denies Christ  Peter realises his denials

The golden gates

They are not made of gold and they are not gates, but Jewish expectation is that they shall be be open on the last day. Naturally some want to be first into the new Jerusalem through these gates, so most

The golden gates

They are not made of gold and they are not gates, but Jewish expectation is that they shall be be open on the last day. Naturally some want to be first into the new Jerusalem through these gates, so most

Olivet & Gethsemene

‘The Passion’ was the theme for today and we began on the amount of Olives, at the Ascension Mosque at the highest point of the Mount. Here in the stone of the floor is, reputedly the footprint of Jesus. The other

Olivet & Gethsemene

‘The Passion’ was the theme for today and we began on the amount of Olives, at the Ascension Mosque at the highest point of the Mount. Here in the stone of the floor is, reputedly the footprint of Jesus. The other

Church of St Catherine

In the nineteenth century, after losing their interest in the Church of the Nativity, the Roman Catholics built a church next door – over the entrance to St Jerome’s cave.               The most wonderful part, for me, was this

Church of St Catherine

In the nineteenth century, after losing their interest in the Church of the Nativity, the Roman Catholics built a church next door – over the entrance to St Jerome’s cave.               The most wonderful part, for me, was this

The Nativity of our Lord

It helps to have a bus full of clergy praying as they go because miraculously the potential cross dispersed before and the congestion at the Church of the Nativity was minimal. It also meant that we were unlikely to break

The Nativity of our Lord

It helps to have a bus full of clergy praying as they go because miraculously the potential cross dispersed before and the congestion at the Church of the Nativity was minimal. It also meant that we were unlikely to break