1356. THE EASTER ‘FEET WASHING CEREMONY’ OF THE SYRIAN PATRIARCH IN JERUSALEM

1357. CELEBRATIONS OF EASTER IN THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE IN JERUSALEM

1726. GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION IN THE VIA DOLOROSA

1726. GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION IN THE VIA DOLOROSA

1726. GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION IN THE VIA DOLOROSA

1726. GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION IN THE VIA DOLOROSA

1726. GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION IN THE VIA DOLOROSA

1726. GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION IN THE VIA DOLOROSA

1727. GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION OF THE GREEK-ORTHODOX PATRIARCH IN THE VIA DOLOROSA

1727. GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION OF THE GREEK-ORTHODOX PATRIARCH IN THE VIA DOLOROSA

2033. PILGRIMS LIGHTING CANDLES IN THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER AT THE SHRINE CALLED THE CENTER OF THE WORLD’ ‘

2089. EASTER PROCESSION IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER

2485. LATIN EASTER CELEBRATIONS IN THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER,

3101. PILGRIMS CELEBRATING EASTER IN JERUSALEM

3101. PILGRIMS CELEBRATING EASTER IN JERUSALEM

3101. PILGRIMS CELEBRATING EASTER IN JERUSALEM

320. “ECCE HOMO” ARCH – SECOND STATION ALONG THE VIA DOLOROSA FROM WHERE PILATE PRESENTED CHRIST TO THE CROWD BY SAYING: “BEHOLD THE MAN”; ECCE HOMO (IN LATIN). THE ARCH WAS BUILT BY HADRIAN IN 135 BC

342. HOLY SEPULCHER, THE STONE OF ANOINTING, ON WHICH JESUS’ BODY WAS ANOINTED AFTER IT HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS

342. HOLY SEPULCHER, THE STONE OF ANOINTING, ON WHICH JESUS’ BODY WAS ANOINTED AFTER IT HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS

342. HOLY SEPULCHER, THE STONE OF ANOINTING, ON WHICH JESUS’ BODY WAS ANOINTED AFTER IT HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS

3600. ARMENIAN-ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN BETLECHEM. THE ARMENIAN PRIESTS ARE WEARING A CONICAL HEADDRESS, SYMBOLIZING MT. ARARAT, HOLY FOR THE ARMENIANS

3600. ARMENIAN-ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN BETLECHEM. THE ARMENIAN PRIESTS ARE WEARING A CONICAL HEADDRESS, SYMBOLIZING MT. ARARAT, HOLY FOR THE ARMENIANS

3601. INTERRIOR OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH ON MT. OF OLIVES, ACCORDING TO THE ORTHODOX TRADITION, THIS IS THE SITE OF CHRIST’S ASSCENSION

3602. RUSSIAN ORTHODOX NUNS AND PILGRIMS AT MASS IN BETLECHEM

3603. SYRIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH SERVING MASS IN THE CHURCH OF ST. MARK IN JERUSALEM

“429. THE POOL OF SILOAM – THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO HEZEKIAH’S TUNNEL. ANCIENT TRADITIONS ASCRIBE TO THE WATERS OF SILOAM THERAPEUTHIC PROPERTIES. …A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. […]

819. CHURCH OF NATIVITY, ARMENIAN-ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS MASS IN THE GROTTO 5127. PILGRIMS LIGHTING CANDLES IN THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY IN BETHLECHEM

5129. ARMENIAN ORTHODOX MASS IN THE GROTTO OF THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY IN BETHLECHEM

5130. CHURCH OF NATIVITY, WORSHIPING THE EFIGY OF INFANT JESUS

514. BETHLECHEM – THE CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE, MIDNIGHT MASS AT CHRISTMAS

5306. Recently discovered archeological remains of a large pool near the site traditionally known as the “Pool of Siloam”. The finds on the site indicate that this pool was built in the 1st. C. BC to 1st. C. AD. According to the Gospel of John (John 9:1-11), it was at the Pool of Siloam that […]

5537. Funerary inscription dating early 3rd. C. AD. of a Christian woman called Licinia Amias Terme depicting fish symbols and anker. It was excavated near the Vatican Necropolis.

5540. Roman catacombs c3-5th. C. CE. Funerary carving depicting Christ’s figure and Christian symbols, the Chi-Roh symbol and a dove.