leomoon
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A Video of Israel my husband made for me to remember for those who care to watch it:
Israel & Bethlehem 2008 Video
4:19: Church of the Annunciation (in Nazareth); I loved this hilltop place, although I didn’t bother going into the church. I was too happy looking at all the outside mosaics sent here by children’s schools from all over the world on the outside courtyard you can see. I especially liked the one from the Coptic Church children in Egypt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtqg4JXrcs&feature=youtu.be
4:59 - The Walls and fortress of the Islamic regime that captured the city in 638 A.D. has a Plaque named for [FONT="]the saintly warrior [FONT="]Omar[/FONT] Ibn [FONT="]El Khattab[/FONT], who conquered [FONT="]Jerusalem[/FONT] for Islam in a.d. 638[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Jaffa Gate:[/FONT]
[FONT="]Jaffa Gate[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Old City Wall was erected by order of the Ottomon-Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1538. Some stones used dated from 2,000 years ago. Some from the Hasmonean or Maccabees. Some from the Byzantine era as well the undressed stones of Crusader and medieval times. Stones used time and time again by successive civilizations all made up the wall and fortress.
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6:58 = Garden of Gethsemane rock, where it is said Jesus prayed “take this cross from me” and sweated blood.
7min. Garden of Gethsemane
(my favorite place of all!) ...
7:13 Cesearea on the Sea (Mediterranean side) Roman ruins here
8:30 Bahai Gardens (northern direction near Nazareth) religion of the Persian Zoroaster is practiced by the Bab followers
8:43 our side trip to Bethlehem in Palestinian territory – Arafat photo as we enter the small city
Church of the Nativity (all faiths like Greek Orthodox, Coptic Christians, Russian Orthodox, etc are depicted here and have a section that is their’s) Its divided up in otherwords. Even the roof section is portioned off. We visit this 2,000 year old church some of it added onto since the time it was built by Emperor Constantine.
9:30 video mark – Church of the Nativity Jesus birth marked for the Emperor and the new faith as per his mother Queen Helena who was sent on an expedition to find these places and build a church everyplace Jesus had made significant. That is why the land is so full of churches everywhere :
The little place at the 9:30 mark in the video is the place they say the birth of Jesus was (see Star marked there) where the woman (and I) touch it - where the manger was said to be located that the baby was laid in. It’s highly doubtful of course , but we all behave as if it’s so…It’s a very revered place. It looks like a fireplace opening on the video…when you see it!
Israel & Bethlehem 2008 Video
4:19: Church of the Annunciation (in Nazareth); I loved this hilltop place, although I didn’t bother going into the church. I was too happy looking at all the outside mosaics sent here by children’s schools from all over the world on the outside courtyard you can see. I especially liked the one from the Coptic Church children in Egypt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtqg4JXrcs&feature=youtu.be
4:59 - The Walls and fortress of the Islamic regime that captured the city in 638 A.D. has a Plaque named for [FONT="]the saintly warrior [FONT="]Omar[/FONT] Ibn [FONT="]El Khattab[/FONT], who conquered [FONT="]Jerusalem[/FONT] for Islam in a.d. 638[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Jaffa Gate:[/FONT]
[FONT="]Jaffa Gate[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Old City Wall was erected by order of the Ottomon-Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1538. Some stones used dated from 2,000 years ago. Some from the Hasmonean or Maccabees. Some from the Byzantine era as well the undressed stones of Crusader and medieval times. Stones used time and time again by successive civilizations all made up the wall and fortress.
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6:58 = Garden of Gethsemane rock, where it is said Jesus prayed “take this cross from me” and sweated blood.
7min. Garden of Gethsemane
(my favorite place of all!) ...
7:13 Cesearea on the Sea (Mediterranean side) Roman ruins here
8:30 Bahai Gardens (northern direction near Nazareth) religion of the Persian Zoroaster is practiced by the Bab followers
8:43 our side trip to Bethlehem in Palestinian territory – Arafat photo as we enter the small city
Church of the Nativity (all faiths like Greek Orthodox, Coptic Christians, Russian Orthodox, etc are depicted here and have a section that is their’s) Its divided up in otherwords. Even the roof section is portioned off. We visit this 2,000 year old church some of it added onto since the time it was built by Emperor Constantine.
9:30 video mark – Church of the Nativity Jesus birth marked for the Emperor and the new faith as per his mother Queen Helena who was sent on an expedition to find these places and build a church everyplace Jesus had made significant. That is why the land is so full of churches everywhere :
The little place at the 9:30 mark in the video is the place they say the birth of Jesus was (see Star marked there) where the woman (and I) touch it - where the manger was said to be located that the baby was laid in. It’s highly doubtful of course , but we all behave as if it’s so…It’s a very revered place. It looks like a fireplace opening on the video…when you see it!