TRAVELING TO JERUSALEM,THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS

TRAVELING TO JERUSALEM, TOMB OF JESUS

Picture 55 Jesus Resurrection: Photo shot on the rear side of the Tomb of Jesus, which is written: HE IS NOT HERE--FOR HE IS RISEN [Matthew 28: 6 Mark 16: 6; Luke 24: 6]

Pic. 56 Jesus Resurrection: Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the Tomb early,...and Mary stood weeping...And see the angel in white...And say to her...Woman why are you weeping? She said to them " Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they lain him" Saying this, she turned round and show Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

Pic. 57 Jesus resurrection: Jesus said to her,"Woman,why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, " Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away". Jesus said to her "Mary". She turned and said to him in Hebrew,"Rabboni", which is to say, Master. [John 20: 13-16]











Pic. 58: Resurrection of Jesus by Mathyas Grunewald, 1515.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore,and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
[Matthew 28: 18-19]

Pic. 59 : Resurrection of Jesus by Surgunloo, 2009 [public domain 2009]

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith, Peace be unto you...But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
[Luke 24: 36-39]











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CALVARY STATION XIV VIA DOLOROSA

CALVARY STATION XIV HOLY SEPULCHRE

Jesus' body is laid in the Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea as the Tomb of Jesus.

Picture 49 Station XIV: The Tomb of Jesus or Sepulchre of Jesus in the Anastasia Rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre Church, where a small atrium or anteroom, known as the Chapel of the Angles, opens into the sepulchre.

Pic. 50 Calvary Station XIV: Photo shot the icon of Jesus Christ on the Cross is in the Chapel of Angle, the Tomb of Jesus with the label above the Cross said INRI [IESUS NAZARENUS REX IUDEORUM], which means JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS [Matthew 27: 37; Mark 15: 26;Luke 23: 38; John 19: 19], the room is lighting or illumination with candles, no electric lamp.

Pic. 51 Station XIV: Photo shot in the Chapel of Angle with beautiful flowers, the body of Jesus is on the right side, note the lighting with candles no electric lamp.

Station XIV Pic. 52: Photo shot of beautiful flowers , and the picture of Jesus wore Thorn Crown around the head is above the flowers in the Chapel of Angel

Pic. 53 Station XIV: Photo shot of Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, she is looked calm and sad in the Chapel of Angel, note the lighting with candles and the yellow bright image above Mary was the reflection of flash light of camera .

Pic. 54 Station XIV: The resurrection of Jesus , photo shot the icon of the Angel with two soldiers or Rome Keepers below the Angel

"And, behold, there was a great earth-quake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men". [ Matthew 28: 2-4]

CHURCH OF RESURRECTION OR HOLY SEPULCHRE

CHURCH OF RESURRECTION OR HOLY SEPULCHRE CHURCH AND STATION XIII.

Picture 45: Photo shot in the main room of Holy Sepulchre, it is said the Catholic Rome site, which connect to 5 other sites in the Holy Sepulchre. There are six churches surround the Holy Sepulchre: Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Assyrian, Armenian and Protestant.

Pic. 46: Photo shot in the main room of Holy Sepulchre with the picture of Jesus and His 12 disciples on the arch above the visitors. The lighting with many golden lamps are hanging below the ceiling.

Pic. 47 Calvary Station XIII: Jesus' body is taken from the Cross by Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520.

Pic. 48 Calvary Station 13: Jesus' body is taken from the Cross. Mary [the mother of Jesus] hold Jesus by Michelangelo's Pieta Saint Peter's Basilica Rome Italy.

TRAVELING: PILGRIMAGE TO THE TOMB OF JESUS

PILGRIMAGE TO TOMB OF JESUS OR SEPULCHRE OF JESUS

Station XII of Via Dolorosa or Way of Suffering : where Jesus is crucified and dies on the Cross.

There are 7 saying of Jesus on the Cross a traditional collection of 7 short phrases that Jesus uttered at His crucifixion immediately before He died:

1. Father forgive them: for they know not what they do [Luke 23: 34]






2. Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise [Luke 23: 43]






3. Woman, behold your son: behold your mother [John 19: 26-27]






4. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"[Matthew 27: 46; Mark 15: 34].






5. I thirst [John 19:28]






6. It is finished [John 19: 30]






7. Father, into your hands I commit my spirit [Luke 23: 46]

Picture 41: Calvary Station XII: Crucifixion of Jesus with two malefactors by Albrecht Alddorfer, 1526.

"And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to put to death" [Luke 23: 32]

Pic. 42: Calvary Station XII: Crucifixion of Jesus Christ with two malefactors by Paolo Veronese, sixteenth century. [Luke 23: 32]

Pic. 43 : Calvary Station XII: Crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the Greek Orthodox site of the Church of Holy Sepulchre, its located on right side of the main entrance steps up to the mound Golgotha or Calvary.

Pic. 44: Calvary Station XII , Crucifixion of Jesus Christ by Simon Vouet, 1636-37.

"And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice,he said: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit"; said this, he gave up the ghost Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

[Luke 23: 46-47]

TRAVELING TO VIA DOLO ROSA AFTER STATION IX

TRAVELING TO "WAY OF SUFFERING" AFTER STATION IX TO XI

Picture 37: Photo shot, the Guide Abu Rommel, who accompanied our group while traveling on Via Dolorosa ask Sahalataylor [Me] simulated to carry the Cross after Station IX to Station X in Holy Sepulchre.

Pic. 38: The Church of Holy Sepulchre

Stations X to XIV are within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, or the Church of the Resurrection, originally built by Emperor Constantine and his mother Helena in 335 CE.

The pillared Rotunda ; Golgotha; the Greek Choir and the underground Chapel of the Cross deserve special attention. Entering through the main door, you noticed a slab of polished red marble--the Stone of the Anointing. On the right are the steps up to the mound Golgotha, with the tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth Station of the Cross, said to mark the place Jesus was stripped of his garments, nailed to the cross, died, and was taken for burial.

Station XIV, the Tomb OF Jesus is enclosed within the pillared Rotunda,where a small anteroom [atrium], known as the Chapel of the Angels, opens into the sepulchre.

Pic. 39: The Floor Plan of the Holy Sepulchre

The main entrance is shown by the arrow on the bottom of the floor plan. Note on the right side is the Greek Orthodox site; on the left side is the Catholic Rome site: where in the center area of Anastasia Rotunda is the Tomb of Jesus or Sepulchre of Jesus. The arrow shows the narrow entrance door to the Tomb of Jesus.

Station X: Calvary or Golgotha: Jesus is stripped of his garments

Pic. 40: Station XI, The site at where Jesus was nailed to the Cross in the Catholic Rome site of Holy Sepulchre.

TRAVELING TO VIA DOLOROSA STATION III

TRAVELING TO VIA DOLOROSA STATION III TO IX

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Station III: Jesus falls under the weight of the Cross.

Picture 31: Photo shot at the Polish Catholic Chapel third station, where Jesus fell for the first time

Picture 32: The visitors of Via Dolorosa

Station IV: Mary sees Jesus with the Cross.

The New Testament makes no mention of meeting between Jesus, during the walk to his crucifixion, but popular tradition introduces one. The fourth station, the location of a nineteenth-century Armenian Orthodox oratory,commemorates the events of this tradition; a lunette, over the entrance to the chapel, references by means of bas-relief carved by the Polish artist Zieliensky.

Station V: Simon of Cyrene is made to take the Cross.

Pic. 33: Station V: Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus

The fifth station refers to the biblical episode in which Simon of Cyrene takes Jesus' cross, and carries it for him. [Mat 27: 32; Mark 15: 21; Luke 23: 26]

Although this narrative in included in the three Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John appears to flatly contradict it, emphasising that Jesus carried his own Cross;in the Gospel of John, Simon of Cyrene is not mentioned at all. The current traditional site for the station is located at the east end of the western fraction of the Via Dolorosa, adjacent to the Chapel of Simon of Cyrene, a Franciscan construction built in 1895.

Station VI: Veronica wipes Jesus face.

A medieval Roman Catholic legend viewed a specific piece of cloth, known as the veil of Veronica, as having been supernaturally imprinted with Jesus' image, by physical contact with Jesus' face. By metathesis of the Latin words Vera icon [meaning true image] in to Veronica, it came to be said that the Veil of Veronica had gained its image when a Saint Veronica encountered Jesus, and wiped the sweat from his face with the cloth; no element of this legend is present in the Bible. The veil of Veronica relates to a before Crucifixion image, and is distinct from the post-Crucifixion Holy Face image, often related to the Shroud of Turin.

Station VII: Jesus falls a second time.

Station VIII: Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem.

The Eight Station commemorates an episode described by the Gospel of Luke, alone among the canonical gospels, in which Jesus encounters pious women on His journey, and is able to stop and give a sermon. And said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children...[Luke 23: 28-31].

The present Eight Station is adjacent to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Charalampus; it is marked by the word Nika [a Greek word meaning Victory] carved into the wall, and an embossed cross.

Pic. 34: Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem.

Station IX: Jesus falls a third time.

It is not on the Via Dolorosa, instead being located at the entrance of Ethiopian Orthodox Monastery.

Pic. 35: Location where Jesus falls a third time on the entrance to Ethiopian Orthodox Monastery.

Pic. 36: Photo shot of Me, my spouse, Conny and friends walked on Via Dolorosa.

TRAVELING TO VIA DOLOROSA [continued]

TRAVELING TO VIA DOLOROSA, WAY OF SUFFERING [continued]

Picture 30: Station II, Jesus was carrying the Cross by Decany

The first fall of Jesus at Stations III, located at the west end of the eastern fraction of Via Dolorosa, adjacent the ninetenth-century Polish Catholic Chapel; this chapel was constructed by the Armenian Catholics,who though ethnically Armenian, are actually based in Poland.

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TRAVELING TO VIA DOLOROSA, THE WAY OF GRIEF

TRAVELING TO VIA DOLOROSA,WAY OF GRIEF OR WAY OF SUFFERING.

The Via Dolorosa [Latin for Way of Grief or Way of suffering] is a street, in two parts, within the Old City of Jerusalem, held to be the path that Jesus walked carrying His cross, on the way to His crucifixion. The current route has been established since the eightteenth century, replacing various earlier versions. It is today marked by 9 Stations of the Cross, there have been fourteen stations site the late fiveteenth century, with the remaining five stations being inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The route is a place of pilgrimage.

The Via Dolorosa: 14 Stations, the Stations of the Cross are as follows:

Picture 25: The map of Via Dolorosa in the Old City

The 14 stations of Via Dolorosa:

· Station I Antonio Fortress: Pilate condemns Jesus.
· Station II Lithostrotos [Pavement]: Jesus receives the Cross.
· Station III Jesus falls under the weight of the Cross.
· Station IV Mary sees Jesus with the Cross.
· Station V Simon of Cyrene is made to take the Cross.
· Station VI Veronica wipes Jesus face.
· Station VII Jesus falls a second time.
· Station VIII Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem.
· Station IX Jesus falls the third time.
· Station X Calvary: Jesus is stripped of his garments.
· Station XI Calvary: Jesus is nailed to the Cross.
· Station XII Calvary: Jesus dies on the Cross.
· Station XIII Calvary: Jesus’ body is taken from the Cross.
· Station XIV Holy Sepulchre: Jesus’ body is laid in the Tomb of
Joseph of Arimathea.

Trial by Pilate: Station I and II.
The first and second stations commemorate the events of Jesus’ encounter with Pontius Pilate, the former in memorial of the biblical account of trial and Jesus’ subsequent scourging.

Picture 26: Station I: Crown of thorns put to the head of Jesus by Mathias Stom

And the latter in memorial of the Ecce Homo or “Behold the man” speech, attributed by Gospel of John to Pilate [John 19: 5]. On the site are 3 early nine teenth-century Roman Catholic churches, taking the names from these events: the Church of the Condemnation and Imposition of the Cross, Church of Flagellation, and Church of Ecce Homo .

Picture 27: Ecce Homo by Matio Cerezo.

Pilate is supposed to have pointed at Jesus and proclaimed "Ecce Homo, Behold the man" [John 19: 5].

Pic. 27 A: The Church of Ecce Homo, in fact, dates from at least a hundred years after Pilate's time, for it is part of a triumphal gateway erected in 135 CE as the eastern entry into Aelia Capitolina.

The priests urged the crowd to demand Jesus death, Pilate washing his hands, and Pilate released Barabbas instead of Jesus.

And then Pilate sentenced Jesus to death, and delivered Jesus to be crucified

[John 19: 16; Luke 23: 24; Mark 15: 15; Matthew 27: 26]

A large area of Roman paving, beneath these structures, was traditionally regarded as the pavement [Greek: Lithostrotos] where Jesus received the Cross.

Picture 28: Station II Lithostrotos where Jesus received the Cross.

Picture 29 : Station II, Jesus was carrying the cross by Raphael, 1516

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TRAVELING TO CHRISTIAN'S SANCTUARIES IN OLD CITY

TRAVELING TO CHRISTIAN’S SANCTUARIES IN OLD CITY AND NEARBY THE WALL.


1. The Basilica Dormiton: Mount of Zion carries on it the Dormiton Abbey sanctified as the place of Mary’s death, and the traditional Coenaculum or Cenacle, The Hall of the Last Supper.

Picture 21: The Basilica Dormiton

Below the Cenacle is what is known as the “Hall of the Washing of the Feet”. Leading off the hall is a chamber with an enormous cenotaph, which folklore holds to be King David’s Tomb

2. The Hall of the Last Supper :

…"The Master saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples ? And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us".

Where Jesus sat with his disciples at the Passover Seder table.[Mat 26: 17-25; Mark 14: 12-16; Luke 22: 7-13; John 13: 21-30].

Pic. 22: The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci,1452-1509

The first Holy Communion in the Last Supper Room:

" And as they were
eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins". [Mat 26: 26-28; Mark 14: 22-25; Luke 22: 15-20; I Chorinthians 11: 23-25].

Pic. 23: The last Supper with washing basin for washing the feet of Jesus' disciples by Jacopo Bassano.

3. The Hall of the Washing of the Feet: Below the Hall of the Last Supper, where Jesus is believed to have poured “water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet.” [John 13: 5].

4. St. Peter in Gallicantu: It stands on the generally accepted House of Caiaphas, High Priest at the time of Jesus Execution. Here Peter is said to have denied his master, according to Jesus prophecy that, “Before the cock crow, thou shall deny me thrice”. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly [Luke 22: 61-62].

Pic. 24: The Church St. Peter Gallicantu ["cock crow"]

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TRAVELING TO CHRISTIAN'S SANCTUARIES IN MT. OF OLIVES

TRAVELING TO CHRISTIAN’S SANCTUARIES IN MOUNT OF OLIVES JERUSALEM

The sanctuary is a Holy or Sacred place. The Sanctuary for Christian in Mount of Olives will be presented with comment, pictures and caption related to references available and the Bible.

Picture 6: The Pater Noster or Lord's Prayer Church in the slope of Mount of Olives.

1.Pater Noster Church or Lord’s Prayer Church: A Cavern where Jesus taught his disciples the Lord’s Prayer is now a chapel, and the Carmelite cloister here is lined with glazed tiles bearing the text of the prayer translated into 62 languages. [Matthew 6: 9-13; Luke 11: 2-4].

Pic. 7: The inside of the Lord's Prayer Church where the text is written and translated into 62 languages.












2. Dominus Flevit Chapel: Built to commemorate where Jesus is said to have wept as he foresaw the doom of Jerusalem--" And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it…As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that not be thrown down".

The beautiful view of the Old City through its distinct Chapel window.[Luke 19: 41 and 21: 5-6; Mat. 24: 1-2; Mark 13:1-2 ].

Pic. 8: Dominus Flevit Chapel in the slope of Mount of Olives.

Pic. 9: The window of Dominus Flevit. The beautiful view of the Old City through its distinct window.

3. Church of All Nations, Basilica of the Agony: Close by are the ancient olives trees of the Garden of Gethsemane surrounding the Basilica of the Agony, its blue and gold mosaic pediment visible from afar. Also known as the Church of All Nations, for it was sponsored jointly by several countries. This site is believed that Jesus prayed to the Father hours before his crucifixion. Saying," Father, if thou be willing, remove the cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. [Luke 22: 41-42]."

Pic. 10: The Church of All Nations, close by are the ancient olive trees of the Garden of Gethsemane surroundings the Basilica of the Agony, also known as the Church of All Nations for it was sponsored jointly by several country.

Pic. 11: Close by the ancient olive trees of the Garden of Gethsemane surrounding the Basilica of the Agony its blue and gold mosaic pediment visible from afar, also known as the Church of All Nations.

4. Gethsemane Garden: Early Christian pilgrims located the Garden of Gethsemane at the bottom of the slope of the Mt. of Olives opposite the Temple Mount in the Old City. A joining is the Grotto of Gethsemane, a shallow cave where Israelite farmers prepared olive oil thousands of year ago—a cave in which Jesus and his companions often sheltered from winter rain and summer sunshine. An oil press is called in Hebrew “gat shemen”, and from this stemmed the word “Gethsemane.”

Pic. 12: Photo shot of Me, my spouse B.T. and my daughter Conny in front of the ancient olive trees , close by the church of All Nations.

Pic. 13: Ancient Olive Trees in the Garden of Gethsemane, it is said that the olive trees is believed since the Jesus Passion.

5. Mary Magdalene Church or the White Russian Church: Built by Czar Alexander III in memory of his mother and Mary Magdalene. [John 12:3] "Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment".

And also Christ’s resurrection appears first to Mary Magdalene.[Mat 28: 1; Mark 16:1; Luke 24: 10; John 20: 1, 16].

Pic. 14: St. Mary Magdalene Church or The White Russian Church

Pic. 15: Mary anoints Jesus before the Passion.

John 12: 1-8; Mat. 26: 6-13; Mark 14: 3-9

Pic. 16: Jesus Christ resurrection appears to Mary

Magdalene by Rembrand, 1638.

6. The Church of the Assumption:

Pic. 17: The Church of the Assumption.

Built above majestic stairway descending to the crypt where Virgin Mary was buried [Tomb of Virgin Mary]. The situs or site is said to be the ascension of Virgin Mary to the heaven [Catholic faith 1950].

The church of the Assumption is in the Kidron Valley between the Mt. of Olives and the Old City.

Pic. 18: The Tomb of Virgin Mary.

7. The Tomb of Virgin Mary: The tomb of Virgin Mary [the mother of Jesus] in the Kidron Valley.[ Mat 1: 18-23].

8. The Dome of Ascension: The chapel with finely carved Crusader capitals roofing a rock impressed with Jesus ' last earthly foot-print. This is the traditionally accepted site of Jesus' ascent to heaven. The site of the Dome of ascension is near to the White Russian Church.

Mark 16: 19 Luke 24: 50-53.

"And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up in to heaven"

"So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

Pic. 19: The Dome of the Ascension

Pic. 20: The visitors for Dome of Ascension on the top right side of this picture.