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Family trip to Holyland Day 6 - Israel Old City Jerusalem and Bethlehem ( 3 June 2023)

We stayed at Orient Palace Hotel at Bethlehem for 3 nights, and we spent 3 days to visit churches in Jerusalem and Palestine area.


The first destination was Mount Olives which was located in the opposite of Mount Zion.

We visited Ascension church which was believed that's the last place before Jesus ascending to heaven and there's venerated rock sculpted like the feet.



After that we visited Pater Noster church which was located next to Ascension church. There were many Pater Noster prayer in different languages, and there's venerated cave which was believed where Jesus taught His disciples this "Our Father" prayer in Arameen.





A few metres away we visited Dominos Flevit church which we could see the rock dome / the highest temple in the opposite where Jesus cried over Jerusalem city that would be destroyed.



There, we saw locust honey tree which was John de baptise diet and also the torn tree which was believed that the torn was used to make Jesus's crown.

After that we walked down Palm Sunday road and reaching to Gethsemany and Church of all nations.








We saw the oldest olive tree (2000 years old) which was believed to be the silent witness what happened to Jesus back then.

As we had some times, we went to Jerusalem wailing walls and King David's tomb and The Upper room which was believed where the last supper and Pentecost happened 2000 years ago.









The last church we visited today at Old city Jerusalem was Church of Galicantu which was believed the house of Khaiaphas and where Jesus was scourged and put into prison and where St Peter denied Jesus 3x.




In the afternoon, we returned back to Bethlehem and visited 2 important churches which was Shepherd's field where the shepherds receive good news from angels and Church of Nativity where Jesus was born.
We queue for about one hour to go inside the cave which was venerated and believed where Jesus was born.













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