Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem

Our day began with a view from the Mount of Olives. What an incredible site. To know what happened there and what is yet to happen is amazing. It was a wonderful way to start the day.

The rest of the sites we visited were so packed with tourists (mainly Russian) that it was nearly impossible to see the sites. It was a bit discouraging at …

Jerusalem - A Cidade
"Se eu me esquecer de ti, ó Jerusalém, que se resseque a minha mão direita. Apegue-se-me a língua ao paladar, se não me lembrar de ti, se não preferir eu Jerusalém à minha maior alegria." (Salmos 137:5-6)

Jerusalém capital de Israel e sede de seu governo, é a maior cidade do país. Seus 634.000 habitantes (dos …

Jerusalem is to most the most sacred city in the world and has so much to see. It has the history of the bible everywhere. The entire city is within city walls and this is one of the most famous city walls in the world. I think I have been to 4 of the top 10 city walls in the world. Some of the others are Pingyao in China, Xian in China and …

As I was falling asleep the night before, Michael was busy researching options for a last minute trip over the border to Israel. It's probably not somewhere we'd go independently so it made sense to fit it in on this trip. I was sleepy though and happy to leave him to it. The next morning I woke, turned to Michael and said "I'm sad our Jordan tours …

In the morning, we already started planning what to do that day. We all agreed that we should travel to Israel! We were all still scared of airplanes. We had first class seats again and our plane was a lot bigger this time so I felt safer than last time. We were told Greece was still too dangerous to go through because of the stupid storm. This …

So I apologize, to those of my readers who are hanging on my every word, for the tardiness of this entry. However, I figure that since I am writing at 2:31 AM most of you would not have even noticed I did not get it done yesterday aside from me telling you right now. Since excuses are very unbecoming of a man I will just get down to writing it. …

Jerusalem, wow! What a unique city with the blending of cultures and religions. We arrived in the afternoon and managed a walk through part of the old city. The old city is divided into four quadrants, one Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Armenian. These all pretty much blend together inside the walls. This place has very deep religious significance …

Today was all about getting us oriented. Started the morning with the workout at 6:15 "as promised", and I suppose it was good. My experience traveling so far says that if you can keep your body thinking it's in its groove while making sure your mind knows it isn't, things will go well. So as indicated by the attractions seen column, we saw a lot …

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Started the morning off right at 6:00 with a short workout, because we had to be walking by 7:00 once again, this time on the way to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. When we arrived, our professor was able to say about a dozen sentences explaining the background of the site before he was …

Best plan, I think, is to crank out two of these bad boys in a row tonight, because we didn't do a ton this week end, and get myself up to date. Consider yourself warned.

Woke up Saturday at the blessedly late hour of 7:15 to get my run on with Molly and Jackie once again. We went around the Old City, plus a significant detour through a …

... ruins.  Wherever you go, it's intriguing to wonder what's underneath. My favorite part of East Jerusalem is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.  Built on the traditional site of Christ's crucifixion.  Who knows for sure where it really ...

... clips women usually wear to keep their hair in place holding the kippahs in place. We then ended up at the church of the Holy Sepulchre also called the Church of the Resurrection. This church is built on the mountain Golgotha where Jesus was crucified ...

... more steep and difficult. Station Ten: Jesus is Stripped of His Clothes At this point, the crowd has reached the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where all the Catholic and Orthodox churches share space.  This isn't always peaceful: while we were ...

... I arrived in the Old City of Jerusalem the next day and booked into Tabasco Hostel, which is only 100m behind the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. With Christmas Eve being the next day, I went to the Church to commemorate Jesus's crucifixion and death ...

... to go root out holy things and proceeded to find everything she searched for.  Thus, the traditional sites - the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Dormition Abbey, the Church of the Annunciation, Mt. Sinai - are all thanks to Helena.  ...

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was built around the sites where most Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected (described in a recent post, "Tensions in Jerusalem's Old City").   Some Christians are convinced that ...

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... was Palm Sunday for the Eastern Orthodox churches, about month later than for western churches. Worshippers gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Christianity's holiest site. The church was built on the hill where Jesus is believed to have ...

... this city; they have been in Jerusalem uninterrupted since the 3rd century. Walking though the old city we went to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is a tourist magnet, but honestly I have never been to a more disturbing church. The church is mainly ...

... everywhere all the way. The journey took us through crowded bazaars loaded with souvenir shops and restaurants.  After the Church of the Holy Sepulchre we stopped for lunch and had falafels and a cold drink.  Then plunged back into the fray of ...