Garden of Gethsemane Jerusalem

This morning we had an early start, and drove first to the Mount of Olives. We had a frontal view of Jerusalem the temple mount (remnants from the second temple) and the city. Rami our tour guide gave us prophesy from Zechariah 14-16, that all the nations will fight against Jerusalem, when the Lord intervenes, there will be a massive earthquake …

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 …

Today is Palm Sunday in Jerusalem for all Christain Orthodox. It is also the second day of the Jewish Passover. Palm Sunday has always been a special day for all in the city. It is special for everyone. Christians for its religious significance; Moslems because for some reason parents and grandparents take their children to see the procession, and …

This morning I did it again. In true Middle Eastern stye I slept in. Late. I did manage to dash upstairs to the kitchen and grab some breakfast before it finished but I then I lazed around in the common room for a few hours and skyped home.

I lost track of time and although I was supposed to join a Mount of Olives tour at 2pm it came to 1: …

... monks. Protestants actually don’t believe that this place is Jesus’s tomb but that his tomb resides in the Garden of Gethsemane on a mountain shaped like a skull. Coming to this place made me realise that the Catholics seems to have very ...

... bottom of the hill is the Basilica of the Agony, a large, slightly gloomy place.  It plays host to the garden of Gethsemane, and the olive trees (which can honestly grow for thousands of years) are supposed to have witnessed Christ's ...

... break but it's a good thing to be back here. Its Passover week. I love being here for this. Yesterday we went to the garden of Gethsemane, & I just got to read the bible & pray, just talk to God. Talk to Him in the place where Jesus sweat blood in His ...

... to Jerusalem is music. Then went to the Mount of Olives, where a few churches are at various spots including the Garden of Gethsemane, the ascension, and Mary's tomb (which I thought was at Ephesus, but I guess there are rival theories).  I didn't ...

... for 7 PM and got back to the hotel at 9, tired but filled with wonder and amazement. Tomorrow we visit the Garden of Gethsemane, the Garden Tomb, the Upper Room, Mount Zion, and the Mount of Olives. The highlight will probably be communion at the Garden ...

... Ramadan when we were there, only Muslims were allowed on it. Walking down the Mt. of Olives a little, we came to the garden of Gethsemane. The area they have preserved of it is pretty small, but it's neat none the less. Some of the olive trees are ...

... made me think about the difficulty in maintaining pacifist virtues, and loving your neighbor regardless of race, color, or creed. The Garden of Gethsemane and the church next to it were very nice.  Even better is that unlike many of the holy sites ...

... because the Mount of Olives itself is actually covered in neighborhoods much the way the rest of East Jerusalem is. It's really only the Garden of Gethsemane that is indeed a garden of sorts. The mount is also covered in Jewish cemeteries that want to ...

... some Necrople, the small caves in which they put the ossuaries that hold the bones of the deceased. Then we were on our walk to the Garden of Gethsemane, which consists of a small garden of olive trees that do, in fact, have 5 or 6 that date back to the ...

... nbsp;path Jesus took to the Temple on Palm Sunday.  (Matt 21:8, Mark 11:8) We continued on to the Garden of Gethsemane where we intended to have our Sunday morning worship service.  However, when we arrived we ...