A Russian Orthodox church on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives is the unlikely final resting place for Princess Alice of Battenberg ...

A Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, a ridge opposite Jerusalem’s Old City, offers a sweeping view of the gleaming golden dome. Some Jewish extremists see the Islamic shrine as a ...

For more than 3,000 years, the Mount of Olives has served as Jerusalem's primary burial ground and the final resting place of notable biblical figures, such as Zechariah and Absalom. There are ...

Jerusalem’s status remains a perennial source of international debate, but those who truly understand the historical and ...

The pilgrims waving palm fronds wound their way down from Bethphage — a Franciscan church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem — down to the Monastery of the Ascension and downhill to ...

The remains of 27 defenders of Masada, the Jewish mountain fortress that held out against Roman legions in 73 C.E., will be given a heroes’ burial on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the site of ...

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“Indeed it is Jerusalem [Beit al-Maqdis] and his words to the Israelites were: we have set a meeting with you at the right side of the Mount of Olives, that is – Jerusalem [Beit al-Maqdis].

The olives were harvested from two groves on the Mount of Olives in occupied East Jerusalem, at the Monastery of Mary Magdalene and the Monastery of the Ascension. The former church is where King ...

View from Mount of Olives across Jewish cemetary and Kidron Valley The view of the Old City from the Mount of Olives is one of the best in Jerusalem to get the full panorama of the sites.

The faithful then ascended the Mount of Olives, walked along the ridge — enjoying one of the most beautiful panoramas of Jerusalem — and then descended on the western side, passing by the ...

Thousands of Christians celebrated Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, kicking off the first day of Holy Week while the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas persists in the region.