On Monday, We had an early morning start touring the excavations underneath the Temple Mount Area by the Western Wall. These excavations have uncovered the actual Western Wall of the Temple that dates back to Herodian/Roman Times and the Time of Jesus. Archeologists have discovered these sites 60 feet under the Western Wall that many Jewish people in the city pray before today.
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| Entering the Excavations underneath the Western Wall |
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| An Underground Reservoir excavated underneath the Western Wall |
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| Model of the Old City of Jerusalem during Second Temple/Roman Times |
We also had a chance to tour the various stations on the Via Dolorosa and go through the History of Each Station. On the Second Leg of the Trip, when we return to Jerusalem, We will have an opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa as a group.
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| The First Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death (The Chapel of the Condemnation) |
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| The Church of the Flagellation of Our Lord |
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| Dome of the Church |
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| Jesus Falls for the First Time |
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| Fabritzio giving us a tour |
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| Jesus meets His Mother |
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| Jesus Falls for a Second Time |
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| Saint Catherine's Russian Orthodox Monastery with an example of the "Eye of a Needle Gate" |
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| The Eye of the Needle Gate |
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| Iconostasis and Main Altar of Saint Catherine's Russian Orthodox Church |
We were also given a tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Christ was crucified, buried and rose from the dead.
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| The Back Exterior of the Tomb of the Resurrection |
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| Fabritzio at a altar used by the Syrian Jacobites |
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| The Chapel of Calvary |
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| The Front of the Tomb of the Resurrection |
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