1051. THE MONASTERY OF ST. MARTYRIUS AT MA’ALE ADUMIM, EAST OF JERUSALEM. ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS WITH CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS DATING FROM THE 5TH. C. AD

1142. EIN KAREM – THE CHURCH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, LOCATED ON THE PLACE WHERE ZACHARIAS’ HOUSE STOOD AND IN WHICH JOHN WAS BORN (LUKE 1:5-13)

1250. MT. OF OLIVES, THE CHURCH OF DOMINUS FLEVIT, COMMEMORATING THE PLACE ON MT. OF OLIVES WHERE CHRIST WEEPT OVER JERUSALEM, LUKE 19:44

1251. MT. OF OLIVES, REMAINS OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE BYZANTINE CHURCH BUILT IN 5TH. C. ON THE PLACE OF CHRIST’S WEEPING OWER JERUSALEM, LUKE 19:44

133. THE CHAPEL OF ASCENSION ON THE MT. OF OLIVES, IT WAS BUILT BY THE CRUSADERS IN THE 12TH. C.

142.CHURCH OF ST. PETER GALLICANTU, HERE PETER DENIED THE MASTER THREE TIMES AFTER THE CROW OF THE ROOSTER. ACCORDING TO SOME THEORIES HERE WAS THE SITE OF THE HOUSE OF THE HIGH PRIEST CAIAPHAS

143. MT. ZION WITH THE CHURCH OF DORMITION, ON THE PLACE WHERE THE VIRGIN MARY FELL INTO ETERNAL SLEEP

143. MT. ZION WITH THE CHURCH OF DORMITION, ON THE PLACE WHERE THE VIRGIN MARY FELL INTO ETERNAL SLEEP

153. MT. TABOR, CHURCH OF TRANSFIGURATION

153. MT. TABOR, CHURCH OF TRANSFIGURATION

1615. THE CHURCH OF PATER NOSTER ON THE MT. OF OLIVES. IN THE CLOISTER OF THE MONASTERY THE LORD’S PRAYER IS WRITTEN IN MORE THAN 50 LANGUAGES

1615. THE CHURCH OF PATER NOSTER ON THE MT. OF OLIVES. IN THE CLOISTER OF THE MONASTERY, THE LORD’S PRAYER IS WRITTEN IN MORE THAN 50 LANGUAGES. PIC: BULGARIAN

1615. THE CHURCH OF PATER NOSTER ON THE MT. OF OLIVES. IN THE CLOISTER OF THE MONASTERY THE LORD’S PRAYER IS WRITTEN IN MORE THAN 50 LANGUAGES

1615. THE CHURCH OF PATER NOSTER ON THE MT. OF OLIVES. IN THE CLOISTER OF THE MONASTERY THE LORD’S PRAYER IS WRITTEN IN MORE THAN 50 LANGUAGES

1616. THE CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS (OR THE BASILICA OF AGONY) IN THE GARDEN OF GATHSEMANE, VIEW OF THE INTERIOR

1739. MT. NEBO – RECONSTRUCTION OF THE APSIS OF THE BYZANTINE CHURCH OF MOSES

2231. THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH MARIA MAGDALENA, ON THE MT. OF OLIVES NEAR GATHSEMANE, BUILT BY THE RUSSIAN TSAR IN THE 19TH. C.

2441. AUGUSTA VICTORIA – LOCATED ON THE MT. OF OLIVES, IT WAS BUILT BY THE GERMAN KAISER WILHELM II. IN 1898 TO SERVE AS A PILGRIM’S HOSTEL. TODAY THE BUILDING IS USED AS HOSPITAL FOR THE ARABS OF THE AREA

250. THE CHURCH OF THE PRIMACY OF ST. PETER ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE

250. THE CHURCH OF THE PRIMACY OF ST. PETER ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE

2772. JERUSALEM – THE ARMENIAN QUARTER, THE CHURCH OF ST. JAMES. THE CHURCH WAS BUILT BY THE CRUSADES IN 1160 ON THE SITE ON WHICH, ACCORDING TO TRADITIONAL BELIEF, JAMES WAS KILLED BY HORDUS’ SOLDIERS. PIC: VIEW OF THE CHAPEL WHERE JAMS’ HEAD IS BURIED

2772. JERUSALEM – THE ARMENIAN QUARTER, THE CHURCH OF ST. JAMES. THE CHURCH WAS BUILT BY THE CRUSADES IN 1160 ON THE SITE ON WHICH, ACCORDING TO TRADITIONAL BELIEF, JAMES WAS KILLED BY HORDUS’ SOLDIERS. PIC: VIEW OF THE CHAPEL WHERE JAMS’ HEAD IS BURIED

2810. THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF ST. JAMES IN JERUSALEM; THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH

2826. CRUSADER CHURCH OF ST. MARY, PART OF A COMPLEX BUILT BY THE HOSPITALERS IN JERUSALEM WHICH CONSISTED OF THE CHURCH, PILGRIM’S HOSTEL AND A HOSPITAL

3104. BETHPAGE – THE FRANCISCAN CHURCH ON MT. OF OLIVES, FROM WHICH THE YEARLY EASTER PROCESSION STARTS AND DESCENDS TOWARDS JERUSALEM. BETHPAGE, A VILLALGE ON MT. OF OLIVES, IS THE SITE FROM WHICH JESUS SENT TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES TO BRING HIM A DONKEY ON WHICH HE RODE INTO JERUSALEM (MAT. 21:1-16, MARK 11:1-11)

3105 BETHPAGE – THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ON MT. OF OLIVES, FROM WHICH THE YEARLY EASTER PROCESSION STARTS AND DESCENDS TOWARDS JERUSALEM. BETHPAGE, A VILLALGE ON MT. OF OLIVES, IS THE SITE FROM WHICH JESUS SENT TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES TO BRING HIM A DONKEY ON WHICH HE RODE INTO JERUSALEM (MAT. 21:1-16, MARK 11:1-11)

318. THE POOL OF BETHESDA, LOCATED NEAR TODAYS LION GATE, N/E CORNER OF JERUSALEM, WHERE ACCORDING TO JOHN 5:2, THE SICK GATHERED HOPING TO BE HEALED BY BATHING IN THE POOL

3205. AERIAL VIEW OF THE CHURCH OF ST. ANNA AND THE BETHESAIDAH POOL (RUINS IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE)

3314. MONASTERY OF THE CROSS IN JERUSALEM, THE CHURCH BUILT BY THE CRUSADERS IN 12-13TH. C.

3316. MONASTERY OF THE CROSS IN JERUSALEM, GENERAL VIEW OF THE 18TH. C. ADDITIONS TO THE CRUSADER BUILDING

3388. THE MONASTERY OF ST. THEODOSIUS EAST OF BETLECHEM. ACCORDING TO TRADITION, THE THREE MAGI STAYED HERE ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR FLIGHT FROM HEROD’S PREDECUTION. THEODOSIUS WAS A GREEK MONK-RECLUSE WHO ESTABLISHED THIS MONASTERY IN THE 5TH. C.

3598. SHEPHERD’S FIELDS, NEAR BETLECHEM – THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

3599.INTERRIOR OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE GREEK PATRIARCHATE, NEAR JAFFO GATE IN OLD JERUSALEM