East fachade, 12th century. Construction was completed in 1910.
Church of the Assumption (Mary´s Tomb). Dec 11, 2014 - Church of the Assumption in Jerusalem.
In the Orthodox Church, the Feast of Assumption is instead called the Dormition of the Theotokos, and is preceded by a 14-day fast.
The Abbey Church of St. Mary of Jehosaphat is located in the Kidron Valley, on the foothills of Mount of Olives, near the Church of All Nations and Gethsemane garden, originally just outside Jerusalem. Today, Catholics around the world mark the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into Heaven. The Roman Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory”. Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also Tomb of the Virgin Mary (Hebrew: קבר מרים ), is a Christian tomb in the Kidron Valley – at the foot of Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem – believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Jerusalem. The land on which the Church of the Dormition stands was given in 1898 by the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who presented it to the Catholic Church. - F2W58T from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. A beautiful wood carving of Theotokos, before she was assumed into Heaven It is regarded as the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus by most Eastern Christians The Assumption in the Orthodox churches is not necessarily dogma, and it is believed that Mary did indeed die a natural death before her Assumption.
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, is commonly celebrated on August 15, also marked as a Holy Day of Obligation, and so it is here in Old Jerusalem.
The Status Quo, a 250-year old understanding between religious communities, applies to the site.
The church was built on a plot which the German emperor Wilhelm the 2 nd received from the Ottoman sultan during his visit to the Holy Land in 1898, and it was inaugurated in 1910. Assumption in the Orthodox Church . Download this stock image: Israel.
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