Thursday, August 23, 2012

The holy city of Jerusalem: the most beautiful also the most sad

The tenth Century BC, when the Chinese Taoism in the Zhou Dynasty slow development,IndiaTo teach the most ancient Vedic literature just edited set, this is located in the middle of the ancient cityJerusalem, already built magnificent temple of Solomon - from Judaism, Jerusalem a belief and the center of the most sacred city. Judaism, Christianity and Islam three day in and day out, year after year of religious believers, where their faith, has in the past thousand years.

Ahsen island Jabal at-Tur Church Religious SummitAhsen island Jabal at-Tur Church Religious Summit

Jerusalem pilgrimage Christian discourse

Every Friday afternoon there will be a Franciscan church priests carrying the cross in Jerusalem along the "hard road" - when Jesus was sentenced to death by the cross, back cross to Golgotha hill was nailed up the journey, prayer chanting as a mark.

From the old city of departure into the Bible

"Many of the stories in Bible": Jesus, the missionary, resurrection and many other legends, you can find the appropriate locations and sites in Jerusalem, which makes the city become a Christian is the most sacred place. The sad story of the Bible is to start from the Lions Gate in the East, the cobblestone alley by Jesus on the way the suffering punishment for 14 stations, the priest will tell when Jesus died suffering situation in each station, the first station was sentenced Jesus to deathRomeSquare, now already is a Palestinian primary school playground, limestone block is the site.

Ahsen island Jabal at-Tur CathedralAhsen island Jabal at-Tur Cathedral

Bitter Road station has a legend, records the history of Jesus died, his back, his three fall in the cross, met mother. Two to nine Station Street was nailed to the wall bronze sculpture of Rome digital signs, built near the relevant church. Because the Christian influence more and more to promote equality and universal love, until fourth Century, when Constantin the Great East Rome Empire completely accepted christianity. At the beginning of fourth Century, Rome Emperor Constantine's mother Helena travels to Jerusalem, to live 7 years, research to determine the Christmas, the Jesus site, ordered the construction of a church in Jesus dead and buried, namely the bitter road tenth to fourteen stations located in the famous cathedral.

Sporadic Yixiang scarletDaliStone

The Church of the holy sepulchre is like a maze, outside the tomb 43 lights a lamp burning day and night without rest, the Roman Catholic Church in Rome,GreeceThe Orthodox Church, the Church of Armenia each accounted for 13 of light, and every religion has knowledge of the sect of the sacred and holy, each visit. Church of the Holy Sepulcher is full of disciples from different parts of the world, in a continuous line of people, pious and sentimental in the holy land could not conceal.

Marking bitter RoadMarking bitter Road

Church of the Holy Sepulcher, ten to eleven stations is two large canvases located on the two floor: the Jewish prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, Jesus was crucified, are Jesus was stripped and crucified locations. Jesus is the twelve leg of the death, stands the famous Jesus died the cross sculpture. Next to the thirteen station, Church of the Holy Sepulcher is the central hall of a large front gate with blood red spot marble, exudes fragrance, is the legendary Jesus body down place. I saw all around a piece of marble (wash corpse slate) prostrate oneself in worship, it is said above, soaked in the blood of Jesus, believers fall over each other to token put in marble, wipe, and then home to worship together. More people are long time knelt down to kiss the luster of the stone has been the friction out.

No comments:

Post a Comment