b'Jerusalem(continued from page 55)row streets and enjoy the shops. While most residents of Jerusalem in the 19th century preferred to live near members oftheirowncommunity,therewere MuslimslivingintheJewishQuarter and Jews living in the Muslim Quarter. Many Jews moved to the Muslim Quar-ter toward the end of the century due to intense overcrowding in the Jewish sector. The Garden of Gethsemane is where Christ alegedlyDifferent sectors offer The Mosque known as Dome of theprayed the night before his arrest. different goods for sale.Rock is an Islamic shrine initially com-pleted in 692 CE. The Foundation StoneThe Western Wall or Wailing Wall, isburial site of Jesus.the temple was built over is believed toknown in Islam as the Buraq Wall. TheLocated a short drive from the old be the place where God created Adam,Wall is the holiest place where Jews arecity of Jerusalem is the garden of Geth-as well as the site where Abraham at- permitted to pray, though the holiest sitesemane, where, according to the four tempted to sacri ce his son. It is consid- in the Jewish faith lies behind it, in theGospels of the New Testament, Jesus ered to be the place where Gods divineMuslim quarter, under the Dome of thewas arrested the night before his cru-presence is manifested more than in anyRock. ci xion. Built in 1924 on the traditional other location, consequently Jews turnThestreetinOldJerusalemmostsite of the Garden of Gethsemane, the toward it during prayer. sacred to Christians, is the Via DolorosaBasilica of the Agony enshrines a sec-The sites great signi cance for Mus- where Pilgrims have retraced the stepstion of bedrock identi ed as the place lims derives from traditions connectingof the cruci xion of Jesus since beforewhere Jesus prayed alone in the gar-it to the creation of the world and thethe eighth century. It is about 3/4 of a kmden on the night of his arrest.belief that Muhammads Night Journeylong and thenal stations of the cruci x- There are several small olive groves to heaven started from the rock at theion and burial are within the Church ofon church property, all adjacent to each center of the structure. the Holy Sepulchre. other. In 2012 carbon dating revealed In a bold move in 1967 Israel seizedTheChurchoftheHolySepulchresome of the trees in the garden date Jerusalem and the old city from Jordan.lies deep within the Christian Quarter ofback more than 1,000 years.While Israelis saw this as the reuni ca- the Old City of Jerusalem. It contains,Israel is a country of vast turmoil and tion of their ancient capital, Palestiniansaccordingtotraditionsdatingbacktovolatility, and has been for thousands of still deem East Jerusalem to be occu- at least the fourth century, the two holi- years and is considered the cradle of pied Arab land.est sites in Christianity: the site wherereligion. The city is sacred to Muslims, The templeofJerusalemwasJesus was cruci ed, at a place knownChristians and Jews and is certainly arst built in 957 by King Solomon. About 800asCalvary,andJesussemptytomb,destination worth visiting, as soon as we years later King Herod built a secondwhere he is said to have been buriedcan travel again.temple, the Western wall of which is stilland resurrected.standing today. Only a small portion ofThe stone, where Jesus was laid inJonathan van Bilsen is a television host, the original wall is visible, as the rest haspreparation of his burial is accessible,award winning photographer, published been covered by Muslim houses. althoughitsauthenticityisquestionedauthor, columnist and keynote speaker. To date the largest stone in the west- byscholars.In312CE,theRomansWatch his show, Jonathan van Bilsens ern wall uncovered measures 12 metresdiscovered three crosses near a tomb,photosNtravel, on Rogers TV, or YouTube.or 40 feet long, the height is 4 metres orleading them to believe that they hadNote: Jonathan van Bilsens photosNtravel 12 feet and its depth is nearly 5 metres orfoundCalvary. Achurchwasbuilt20on RogersTV and YouTube features travel 14 feet deep. It weighs nearly 600 tons,years later and excavation revealed adestinations around the world, including an the equivalent of two hundred elephants. rock-cut tomb that was identi ed as theentire episode dedicated to Jerusalem.Our doors are open! MC(by appointment)158 Casimir St., Port Perryvirginia.frew@marlintravel.ca9005599885522226688TICO #4577532 Call Colleen today 956FOCUS - OCTOBER 2020'