Jerusalem is such a beautiful city... it is so chaotic, noisy and crowded and yet so peaceful at the same time . It is my favorite place in Israel . Visiting again we went to the Garden of Gethsemane . The garden where, according to the New Testament and Christian traditions Jesus prayed and suffered for the sins of the world the night before he was crucified

What I found interesting is that there are olive trees that date over 2000 years...silent witnesses in a beautiful garden

Inside the Church of All Nations, next to the Garden of Gethsemane is a section of bedrock (enshrined) where Jesus is said to have prayed before his arrest.

The Byzantine-era church of the Tomb of the Virgin

Near by is the Tomb of the Virgin. A incredibly beautiful Grotto from the 6th century. It is not clear to me whose tombs are in this Grotto (I have read the Virgin Mary's tomb is here and also her parents and Joseph are here) The biblical accounts provide no information about the end of Mary's life but...according to Christian tradition, this site in Jerusalem is where Mary fell into an eternal sleep and was taken to heaven, also the Prophet Muhammad is said to have seen a light over Mary's Tomb (with the contradicting descriptions of this grotto, I ended up a bit confused) Still it is one of the oldest and most impressive churches I have seen here