DOMINUS FLEVIT CHAPEL, MOUNT OF OLIVES, JERUSALEM_DSC_3660_LR_2.5
According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus, while riding toward the city of Jerusalem, becomes overwhelmed by the beauty of the Second Temple and predicting its future destruction, and the diaspora of the Jewish people, weeps openly (Luke 19:37-42).
The present church of Dominus Flevit is built upon the foundations of an earlier Byzantine church, which, like most churches, faced east. (The modern church is said to reflect the shape of a tear drop in its roofline). It was during the Crusader era that people began commemorating the location. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, the church fell into ruin. In the early sixteenth century a mosque or madrasah existed at the site, presumably built by the Turks, from the remains of the earlier church, although the exact use is disputed.
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DOMINUS FLEVIT CHAPEL, MOUNT OF OLIVES, JERUSALEM_DSC_3660_LR_2.5
According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus, while riding toward the city of Jerusalem, becomes overwhelmed by the beauty of the Second Temple and predicting its future destruction, and the diaspora of the Jewish people, weeps openly (Luke 19:37-42).
The present church of Dominus Flevit is built upon the foundations of an earlier Byzantine church, which, like most churches, faced east. (The modern church is said to reflect the shape of a tear drop in its roofline). It was during the Crusader era that people began commemorating the location. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, the church fell into ruin. In the early sixteenth century a mosque or madrasah existed at the site, presumably built by the Turks, from the remains of the earlier church, although the exact use is disputed.
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
© rogerperriss@aol.com All rights reserved.