Aş Şuwānah, Palestine Travel Journals & Blogs

Holy Land 2023
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- Jan 25, 2023, 10:30 AM
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 730 m
- Palestine West Bank Al Quds Aş Şuwānah 31.784491, 35.23742631°47’4” N 35°14’15” E
Day 10
Augusta Victoria Hospital
January 25, 2023 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) is a program of the Lutheran World Federated Department for World Service in Jerusalem. It started in partnership with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as a major medical facility in Jerusalem after the 1948 war to care for Palestinian refugees. The complex also includes the German Protestant Church of the Ascension with a c. 50 metre high belltower - 224 steps to the top of the tower.
https://jerusalem.lutheranworld.org/content/aug…Read more
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Traveler Middle East 2022
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- Oct 24, 2022, 10:50 AM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 694 m
- Palestine West Bank Al Quds Aş Şuwānah Church of the Assumption (Mary's Tomb)31.779792, 35.23951731°46’47” N 35°14’22” E
Day 22
Garden of Gethesmane
October 24, 2022 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
More steep downhill brings you to the Garden of Gethesmane where Jesus prayed on the last night before his arrest. The name translates as 'oil press' and is now a grove of ancient olive trees. A study conducted by the Italian National Research Council found that three of the olive trees in the garden are amongst the oldest known to science. Dates of AD 1092, 1166 and 1198 were obtained by carbon dating from older parts of the trunks of three trees.

Beside the garden is the Roman Catholic Church of All Nations.Read more
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Traveler Pilgrimage to Israel
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- May 15, 2019, 4:21 PM
- ☀️ 90 °F
- Altitude: 2,267 ft
- Palestine Aş Şuwānah Church of the Assumption (Mary's Tomb)31.77952, 35.2395131°46’46” N 35°14’22” E
Day 9
The Church of All Nations
May 15, 2019 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church or Basilica of the Agony, is a Roman Catholic church located at the base of the Mount of Olives. It enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said to have prayed before his arrest (Mark 14:32-42). The church was built between 1919 and 1924 using funds donated from many different countries. The coat-of-arms of twelve of the countries from which donations originated are incorporated into the ceiling, each in a separate, small dome, and also into the interior mosaics.Read more
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Traveler Pilgrimage to Israel
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- May 16, 2019, 10:10 AM
- ☀️ 81 °F
- Altitude: 2,526 ft
- Palestine Aş Şuwānah 31.786281, 35.23497731°47’11” N 35°14’6” E
Day 10
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
May 16, 2019 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Israelis are obligated to join the IDF at the age of 18 after they complete high school. Men serve 3 years and women serve two. Service can be postponed if they continue their education in a profession accepted by the IDF such as medicine, electronics, computers, electricity, etc but they must serve extra years if they do this. The Druze, (a sect of Arab Muslims) also serve in the Israeli army and are loyal but Israeli Muslims and Christian Arabs are not obligated to serve.
The purpose of the IDF is to preserve the State of Israel, to protect its independence, and to foil attempts by its enemies to disrupt the normal life within it.Read more
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Traveler Holy Land Pilgrimage
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- Dec 15, 2018, 9:46 AM
- 🌬 16 °C
- Altitude: 694 m
- Palestine Aş Şuwānah Church of the Assumption (Mary's Tomb)31.779798, 35.23976831°46’47” N 35°14’23” E
Day 10
Garden of Gethsemane
December 15, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Here we celebrated mass in the location that Jesus last prayed with his disciples. This was also the location where Judy’s betrayed Jesus and where Peter denied Jesus three times. The alter is built on the rock where Jesus last prayed. We also saw the Garden of Olives where one of the trees is over 2000 years old. This tree was around at the time of Jesus. There is also an olive tree that Pope Paul the 2nd planted 54 years ago and one that Pope Francis planted 4 years ago.Read more
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Israel
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- Nov 10, 2018, 4:23 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 695 m
- Palestine Aş Şuwānah Church of the Assumption (Mary's Tomb)31.77931, 35.2397831°46’46” N 35°14’23” E
Day 9
Gethsemane
November 10, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Efter en dag i Soukhen, var det på tide af tage sin madpakke med og gå en tur op på Oliebjerget. Oliebjerget, var bjerget hvor Moses fik de 10 bud, og jeg troede det var et stort fjeld, men i virkeligheden er det bare et bjerg, der har har fået navnet efter alle de oliventræer der er der. Ved foden af bjerget ligger Gethsemane have, så jeg startede der, Her var det Jesus blev arresteret efter at han blev forrådt, og her var det Jesus gik hen for at bede. Selve haven er meget lille, man forstiller sig en park, men det er kun en lille firkant med nogle træer. Kirken med løgkuplerne er russisk-ortodoks til minde om jomfru Maria. Lige ved er også en kirke bygget på Jomfruens gravsted.Read more
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Traveler Jordanien und Israel
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- Oct 29, 2018, 11:00 AM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 695 m
- Palestine Aş Şuwānah Church of the Assumption (Mary's Tomb)31.77932, 35.2397831°46’46” N 35°14’23” E
Day 8
Jerusalem, Israel
October 29, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Getsemani (auch Gethsemani und Gethsemane) (von hebräisch גת שמנים Gat-Schmanim – Ölpresse) ist ein Ort, in dem nach dem Matthäus-, Markus- und dem Lukasevangelium Jesus Christus in der Nacht vor seiner Kreuzigung betete, ehe er von Judas Iskariot verraten und von Abgesandten des Hohepriesters verhaftet wurde.
Getsemani befindet sich am Fuß des Ölbergsin Jerusalem. Bei dem Garten befindet sich die Kirche aller Nationen, auch bekannt als Kirche der Nationen und Todesangstbasilika.Read more
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David Dewhirst Israel Trip
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- Feb 2, 2017, 9:41 AM
- ☀️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 692 m
- Palestine Aş Şuwānah Church of the Assumption (Mary's Tomb)31.779804, 35.23955531°46’47” N 35°14’22” E
Day 11
Church and Garden of Gethsemane
February 2, 2017 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
The Garden of Gethsemane

Left of the Tomb of the Virgin in Jerusalem is a passage leading to the Grotto of the Agony, then immediately south is the Garden of Gethsemane with its eight ancient olive-trees. Next to the Garden is the Church of All Nations. (D)

The Modern Grotto of Gethsemane (the Oil Press)

Inside the cave are an impressive stone vault and three altars with murals over them. Over the high altar there is Jesus Praying among the Apostles, while the paintings over the side altars depict the Assumption of the Virgin and the Kiss of Judas.

In spite of some renovations carried out in the late fifties of the last century, of all the many holy places in Jerusalem the Grotto of Gethsemane has best conserved its original appearance, that is, the appearance it had at the time of Christ's life on earth. (W)Read more
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- Oct 24, 2022, 11:09 AM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 691 m
- Palestine West Bank Al Quds Aş Şuwānah Church of the Assumption (Mary's Tomb)31.780117, 35.23942831°46’48” N 35°14’22” E
Day 22
Tomb of the Virgin Mary
October 24, 2022 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Orthodox tradition has Mary buried here rather than at Ephesus as Catholics attest.. This church is deep underground and is at the bottom of the Mount of Olives.
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UrchinJoe Oh, Clouds Unfold
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- Dec 8, 2018, 4:00 PM
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitude: 695 m
- Palestine Aş Şuwānah Church of the Assumption (Mary's Tomb)31.77996, 35.239731°46’48” N 35°14’23” E
Day 3
East of the Old City
December 8, 2018 in Palestine ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We visited Gethsemane, the Kidron Valley, and reentered Old Jerusalem through the Lion Gate.
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