Wednesday, April 28, 2021

THE JERUSALEM I SAW


Compiling the list of all the sites that I had visited in Jerusalem might be helpful in locating them in the blog. However, a few of them could not be visited for various reasons such as they were not open to the public or was difficult to reach. Nevertheless, I still managed to get their exterior views, and sometimes I used elevated positions or observation points to get a better view- such venues are bracketed by adding ’exterior view only’. For instance, Akeldama-deep inside the Hinnom Valley was not visited, but it was possible to observe the site very nicely from the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu. In addition, only the sites that I could manage to photograph are included, for example there are a few chapels in the Church of Holy Sepulchre that are not open to the visitors, and they have not been listed here. In the case of important sites, highlights of the spots visited are separately listed for a better understanding, eg. Church of Holy Sepulchre, Temple Mount, Western Wall Tunnels etc.

CHRISTIAN

1.      Akeldama/Field of Blood/Potter’s Field (exterior view only)

2.      Armenian Cemetery (exterior view only)

3.      Armenian Quarter-General

4.      Basilica of St. Stephen or Basilica Etienne (Catholic), East Jerusalem

5.      Birthplace of Virgin Mary & House of St. Anne and St. Joachim (Greek Orthodox)