Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Everything ready for today's Feast of the Dormition of Mary at the Dormition Abbey on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem. Happy Feast to Catho...

. Happy Jerusalem Day ! Here is the view from the roof of the Cenacle on Mt. Zion. This is the Upper Room where only yesterday Pope F...

. The longest day! Happy June solstice. These mid-month days our City Daily Photo bloggers are having a Festival of the Solstice . ...

. For today's Feast of the Assumption I took my visiting American friends to the Dormition Abbey on Mt. Zion. We were greeted by the joy...

. It's not every day you get to see a Rite of Abbatial Blessing. Yesterday the Dormition Abbey was packed with monastics, high-rankin...

. Behold Mary, fallen asleep, in the crypt of the Dormition Abbey. . Today, at the Dormition and at many other churches in Jerusalem and ar...

. The week-long 2nd annual Jerusalem Festival of Light is in full swing. The white light bells swing back and forth as the real bells insi...

. I braved the driving, freezing rain this afternoon to go up to Jerusalem. An American friend is here on a whirlwind guided tour and this ...

Hungarians celebrate August 20 as St. Stephen's Day. Stephen was crowned King of Hungary over a thousand years ago. This I learned at t...

. To the Marys, Marias, and Miriams -- a blessed name day to you. To Christians who are celebrating the Assumption of Mary, a happy feastda...

O yes! O is the letter of the day. Welcome to ABC Wednesday , where bloggers have fun playing with the alphabet. You can try too. Oi ve...

. Yesterday's post was about the celebration of the dormition of Mary. The outside of the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion looks like thi...

. Today is a big feast-day. In some countries it is even a public holiday. . Catholics call it the Feast of the Assumption. According to ...

" Voice of one crying in the wilderness." Matthew 3:13. Here at our local monastery John the Baptist baptizes Jesus. The Vulgate t...