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
St Jerome
Jerome came to this holy site and lived in a cave (next door) for some years whilst he translated the old and new testaments into Latin. Of course a newer church (see next post) has been built over the site,
St Jerome
Jerome came to this holy site and lived in a cave (next door) for some years whilst he translated the old and new testaments into Latin. Of course a newer church (see next post) has been built over the site,
While shepherds watched their flocks
‘Birth’ was the theme of our first day, and we travelled to Bethlehem (in Palestine through a control point at ‘the wall’) to the Shepherd’s Fields looking up to Bethlehem. I was privileged to celebrate the first Mass for the
While shepherds watched their flocks
‘Birth’ was the theme of our first day, and we travelled to Bethlehem (in Palestine through a control point at ‘the wall’) to the Shepherd’s Fields looking up to Bethlehem. I was privileged to celebrate the first Mass for the
Jerusalem, O Jerusalem
Of course I got stopped by immigration at Tel Aviv airport and taken to the dunces’s room so that my passport could be ‘checked’. I had priority baggage tags and everything. Fortunately they were quite quick and very friendly (not
Jerusalem, O Jerusalem
Of course I got stopped by immigration at Tel Aviv airport and taken to the dunces’s room so that my passport could be ‘checked’. I had priority baggage tags and everything. Fortunately they were quite quick and very friendly (not
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