The Garden of Gethsemane with the Church of All Nations in the background. The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church or Basilica of the Agony, is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem At top, the golden onion domes of the Church of Mary Magdalene. The Church of Mary Magdalene (Храм Марии Магдалины Chram Marii Magdaline) is a Russian Orthodox church located on the Mount of Olives

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Gethsemane (Greek Γεθσημανι, Gethsēmani 'Hebrew:גת שמנים, from Aramaic גת שמנא, Gaṯ Šmānê, meaning 'oil press') was the garden where, according to the New Testament and Christian traditions, Jesus and his disciples retreated to pray after the Last Supper, the night before he was crucified (see Atonement). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Aramaic is a Semitic language with A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Crucifixion (from Latin crucifixio, noun of process crucifixio, from perfect passive participle crucifixus, fixed to a cross from The atonement is a doctrine found within both Christianity and Judaism. According to Luke 22:43–44, Jesus' anguish in Gethsemane was so deep that "his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. The Gospel of Luke (Gk Κατά Λουκάν Ευαγγέλιον) is a synoptic Gospel, and is the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the " Gethsemane was also where Christ was betrayed by the disciple Judas Iscariot. Judas Iscariot, יהודה איש־קריות Yəhûḏāh ʾΚ-qəriyyôṯ was according to the New Testament, one of the twelve original apostles Furthermore Orthodox tradition holds that Gethsemane is the place where the Apostles buried the Blessed Virgin Mary, after her Dormition (see Mary's Tomb). The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world The Twelve Apostles (Greek apostolos, "someone sent out" e This ecumenical article is about general Christian views on and veneration of the Virgin Mary The Dormition of the Theotokos ( Greek: Koimesis) is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Mary's Tomb is a Tomb located in the Kidron Valley, on the foothills of Mount of Olives, near the Church of All Nations and Gethsemane

The garden identified as Gethsemane is located at the foot of the Mount of Olives, now within the city of Jerusalem^[1] in the Kidron valley. The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, جبل الزيتون الطور Jebel az-Zeitun הר הזיתים Har HaZeitim; is a mountain ridge in east Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Located by the garden is the Church of All Nations, also known as the Church of the Agony. The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church or Basilica of the Agony, is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem The ancient church was destroyed by the Sassanids in 614. The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty or Sassanian Dynasty (ساسانیان) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Persian empire Events By Place Europe The Palace of Diocletian is damaged by the Avars who sack nearby Salona. The church rebuilt on the site by the Crusaders was finally razed, probably in 1219. Also on the Mount of Olives is the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene with its distinct golden, onion-shaped domes (Byzantine/Russian style). See also Eastern Orthodox Church Structure and organization The Slavic Orthodox Church is organized in a hierarchical structure The Church of Mary Magdalene (Храм Марии Магдалины Chram Marii Magdaline) is a Russian Orthodox church located on the Mount of Olives An onion dome (Russian луковичная глава lúkovichnaya glava) is a type of unioform architectural Dome seen across Eastern Europe and often associated It was built by Russian Tsar Alexander III in memory of his mother. Alexander III Alexandrovich ( 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) (Александр III Александрович reigned as Emperor

The name Gethsemane is given in the Greek of the Gospels (Matthew 26:36 and Mark 14:32) as Γεθσημανι (Gethsēmani). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament The Gospel of Matthew (Gk Κατά Ματθαίον Ευαγγέλιον is one of the four Canonical gospels in the New Testament and is a Synoptic gospel Content Authorship The gospel itself is anonymous but as early as Papias in the early 2nd century a text was attributed to Mark, a cousin This represents the Aramaic גת שמנא (Gaṯ-Šmānê), meaning 'the oil press' or 'oil vat' (referring to olive oil). Aramaic is a Semitic language with Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive ( Olea europaea; family Oleaceae along with Lilacs Jasmine and ash trees ^[1] It would appear from this that there were a number of olive trees planted around the area at the time. The Olive ( Olea europaea) is a Species of small Tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern The Gospel of Mark (14:32) calls it chorion, "a place" or "estate"; The Gospel of John (18:1) speaks of it as kepos, a "garden" or "orchard". Content Authorship The gospel itself is anonymous but as early as Papias in the early 2nd century a text was attributed to Mark, a cousin The Gospel of John (literally According to John; Greek, Κατὰ Ἰωάννην Kata Iōannēn) is the fourth Gospel in the canon

The Garden of Gethsemane was a focal site for early Christian pilgrims. A pilgrim is one who undertakes a Pilgrimage, literally 'far afield' It was visited in 333 by the anonymous "Pilgrim of Bordeaux", whose Itinerarium Burdigalense is the earliest description left by a Christian traveler in the Holy Land. Events By Place Roman Empire Flavius Dalmatius and Domitius Zenofilus are appointed Consuls Asia The Itinerarium Burdigalense (also known as the Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum) is the oldest known Itinerarium, written by an anonymous pilgrim from Burdigala (present-day In his Onomasticon, Eusebius of Caesarea notes the site of Gethsemane located "at the foot of the Mount of Olives", and he adds that "the faithful were accustomed to go there to pray".

Depictions of Gethsemane

Andrea Mantegna's Agony in the Garden, circa 1460, depicts Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. Andrea Mantegna (c 1431 &ndash September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance artist a student of Roman Archeology, and son in law of The Agony in the Garden is the name given to the time in the life of Jesus between The Last Supper and His arrest

Detail from Gothic-era depiction of scene at Gethsemane from Ulm Münster

Gethsemane depicted by Pedro Berruguete

Christ in Gethsemane by Heinrich Hofmann at the Riverside Church

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Metzger & Coogan (1993) Oxford Companion to the Bible’’, p253. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. Pedro Berruguete (c 1450 &ndash 1504 was a Spanish painter his art is regarded as a transitional style between gothic and Renaissance. Johann Michael Ferdinand Heinrich Hofmann ( March 19 1824 - June 23 1911) was a a German painter of the late 19th to early 20th The Riverside Church in the City of New York is an Interdenominational ( American Baptist and United Church of Christ) interracial international church

References

• Metzeger, Bruce M. (ed); , Michael D. Coogan (ed) (1993). The Oxford Companion to the Bible. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504645-5.  

External links

• HD Virtual tour December 2007
• Virtual Tour of Jerusalem @ jerusalem360.com - Interactive Panoramas from Israel
• Article on Gethsemane from LightPlanet
• Catholic Encyclopedia on Gethsemane
• Paul’s Knowledge of the Garden of Gethsemane Narrative, by Christopher Price
• FotoTagger Annotated Galleries - Gethsemane in the art and reality
• Article on the history of the Russian monastery itself
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