Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation

This church was along the path to the Holy Sepulchre, so stopped in for a brief peek. It serves as the headquarters of the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem This is an Eastern sect that broke away and became Catholic. Explains why the Pope visited.

Very elaborate Orthodox style, with what look the paintings in the Renaissance style but were actually ;painted in the 1970's. Fooled me.

. Quite pretty.Read more