Arab Souk Jerusalem

Small food stores in the Arab souk of the Old City of Jerusalem, May 2012.

Jerusalem Shopkeeper

Old shopkeeper taking a nap; Muslim Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem, May 2012

Dome of the Rock

© I.A. Daglis

At the Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount, Jerusalem. The Dome is in the shape of a Byzantine martyrium, a structure intended for the housing and veneration of saintly relics, and is an excellent example of middle Byzantine art.

Στο Τέμενος του Ομάρ (Θόλος του Βράχου του Ναού του Σολομώντα), Ιερουσαλήμ.

Το Τέμενος αποτελεί εξαιρετικό δείγμα μεσοβυζαντινής αρχιτεκτονικής.

Gethsemane / Γεθσημανή

Υπεραιωνόβιες ελιές στον κήπο της Γεθσημανή, Ιερουσαλήμ.

Old (very old!) olive trees in the garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem.

Mount of Olives view

View of the Temple Mount and the Mosque of Caliph Omar (Dome of the Rock)
from the Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, May 2012.
With my gratitude to Tsvi.

View of the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives.
The Jewish Cemetery is visible in the foreground.

Holy Sepulchre

At the Holy Sepulchre, in the Church of the Resurrection; Christian Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem.

Western Wall prayers

A variety of people praying at the Western Wall; Jerusalem, May 2012.

Western Wall

At the Western Wall Plaza, Jerusalem, May 2012.

Thanks to Iannis

Bazaar scenes

Bazaar scenes in Jerusalem, May 2012

Pool of Bethesda

Pool of Bethesda, May 2012

Είναι δε εν τοις Ιεροσολύμοις πλησίον της προβατικής πύλης κολυμβήθρα,
η επονομαζομένη Εβραϊστί Βηθεσδά, έχουσα πέντε στοάς ...
Ιωάν. ε' 2

Al-Aqsa Mosque

The southern wall of the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem.

St. Dimitrios School in Jerusalem

St. Dimitrios school of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The Patriarchate traces its line of succession to the first Christian bishops of Jerusalem, the first being James the Just in the 1st century AD. Jerusalem was recognized as a patriarchate at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The Patriarch is the head of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, and the religious leader of about 130,000 Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, most of them Palestinians.

Damascus Gate, Jerusalem

Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem, May 2012.

Market scenes in the Arab Quarter near Damascus Gate

Spearmint sellers / Πωλητές δυόσμου

Bar Mitzvah, Jerusalem

Bar Mitzvah - the Jewish coming of age ritual. Western Wall, Jerusalem.

Masada

Masada - fortified rock plateau in the Judean desert, overlooking the Dead Sea, mostly known through the Siege of Masada by Roman troops at the end of the First Jewish-Roman war in the 1st century CE.

With many thanks to Tsvi.