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667: 655: 256: 348:) during construction work on a modern tunnel under the Church of All Nations and a 1,500-year-old Byzantine church. According to Dr. Leah and Dr. Rosario, Greek inscriptions were written on the church's floor as : "for the memory and repose of those who love Christ… accept the offering of your servants and give them remission of sins”. According to Israel Antiquities Authority's Jerusalem district head Amit Re’em, the uniqueness of bath is that it is the first archaeological evidence at the site of Gethsemane where Christians have made pilgrimages for centuries, in the days of Jesus. 631: 619: 607: 643: 152: 595: 357: 43: 325:
chapel abandoned in 1345. In 1920, during work on the foundations, a column was found two meters (6.6 ft) beneath the floor of the medieval crusader chapel. Fragments of a magnificent mosaic were also found. Following this discovery, the architect immediately removed the new foundations and
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holds a quote from Luke 22:43–44 “…factus in agonia prolixius orabat et factus est sudor eius sicut guttae sanguinis decurrentis in terram" or translated from the Vulgate, "And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground."
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began excavations of the earlier church. After the remains of the Byzantine-era church were fully excavated, plans for the new church were altered and work continued on the current basilica from April 19, 1922, until June 1924 when it was consecrated.
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holding Matthew 26:42b "Pater mi, si non potest hic calix transire nisi bibam illum, fiat voluntas tua" or translated “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” The final statue is of
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were used for the windows to evoke a mood of depression analogous to Christ's agony, and the ceiling is painted a deep blue to simulate a night sky.
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An open altar located in the gardens of the church is used by many Christian denominations including followers who are Roman Catholic,
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of twelve of the countries from which donations originated are incorporated into the ceiling, each in a separate, small
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Two types of stone were used in the construction of the church: the interior utilizes a stone from the
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An arson attack took place on the church in December 2020, without much damage having been caused. The
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The church was built between 1919 and 1924 using funds donated from many different countries. The
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The reasons for its construction in the 1920s were complex, with some political factors.
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The current church rests on the foundations of two earlier ones, that of a 4th-century
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In December 2020, archaeologists revealed the remains of the foundations of a
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The bubble-domed roof, thick columns, and facade mosaic, give the church a
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Mount of Olives
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Catholic
Minor Basilica
Consecrated
Architect(s)
Antonio Barluzzi
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Neo-Byzantine

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