Piligrimo dream
The Holy Land Piligrimo dream - to visit the son of God, Jesus Christ, birthplace of Bethlehem. From childhood days, surviving a nice story about Mary and Joseph travel to it, and the birth of the World redeemer inns lose. Gospel according to Luke (Lk 2, 1-14) reads: "anomie days left ciesoriaus August writ ordered all state residents. Thus, all traveled to subscribe, each to his city. Also, Joseph went from Galilee city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, called Bethlehem. " Paguldytą manger at birth kūdikėlį first visited piemenėliai. Place eight days, when a boy to be cut off, he was given the name of Jesus (Hebrew - "God rescue"). Christ is the Hebrew word "Messiah", meaning "pateptąjį", a Greek translation. Jesus Christ is the world išvydo a small mountain village. Came to Bethlehem, expecting to see something like that, but only in advance, abandoned Jerusalem, the Arabic, from the outside world fenced high fence. Ralph spreader in planning our trip to Bethlehem, said that at this point essentially closed to Jews. ETF Pustopeckis draw more kraupesnį image. Would, this time in the Arab territory lost by the two Jewish soldiers. Fanatics, and they get here nulinčiavo. One of them, to extend from the chest still plazdančią heart, it raised ran the streets of Bethlehem. Maybe this is just from the lips to the lips the story referred to the dread of Jewish children in the brutal Arabs. Who knows, but the peace of Christ home really quickly fails. It is already fragmented and prone to extremes both Arabs and Jews. To touch a star
Traveled to Bethlehem aštuonviečiu a small bus, accompanied by pretty Russophone Gideon. Crossed the border post, left behind a high fence like the Berlin Wall, will soon come to the churches built-up area. From the imaginary piemenėlių outdoor bars and Telik Crusader times menančių the foundation of churches, pajuodusi Play at the top and just Piemenėlių field displaying the sculpture. Christ's birth under the supervision of the Greek Orthodox Church - the Orthodox. Abundant lampadų of their shrines. They say that in the place where the birth of Christ was lost, Paganism time Adonis was the god of the temple (135 years after Christ). Byzantine Emperor Constantine during the demolition of Queen Elena temple and built the first church of Christ's birth (329 years after BC).. To this day remained the church floor mosaic, which did not Persians destroyed the church (614 years after BC).. 1100 was the Crusaders rebuilt the church and here I karūnavo Bolduiną, Crusader kingdom ruler. Symbolizes Christ's birth cave, equipped with the altar. Hands touch the star of the altar, and thousands of tourists eager pilgrim. While the month of March in Israel do not have their abundance, but the bars are protected by black clothing vilkinčių monks, rikiavosi maybe thousands of tourists (with cameras and cameras) series. Our guide, atlydėjusi only seven different nations of tourists, to the extent pagudravo. After talking with the monks and the one introduced us to play through the exit door. Includes a strange feeling. People klaupiasi to bars superimposed stars and, of course, rushing įsiamžinti. Maybe just one second cave remains empty, and I guess I hit the camera button: Star of Bethlehem seen. Alongside the niches with a star identifying the location of Christ's birth, the other niche indicates Christ's nursery, and the Holy Family resting place. The only figure Other Bethlehem shrine belongs to the Roman Catholics. - The St. Catherine (Lithuanian - Katerina) church. From the church to the world annually broadcast Christmas mass. Greta - Innocent baby church, reminding Erode exterminate the Great the Order of Christ after the birth of the infants of Bethlehem. Countries - and the Milk Grotto, where, according to the biblical story, the Virgin Mary feeding a baby dropped a drop of milk and rock pabalusi. We had only shown the world apnuoginta breast of Mary and the Baby. Here the sculptural composition, resembling the Holy Family to Egypt, running from the actor Erode the Great. For extending the fields of Bethlehem, where the biblical times of sheep gane piemenėliai. You need only to be surprised, as the sheep find food on the naked rocks, where the summer days plieskia 40 degrees heat. Near the place of Christ's birth, in the valley, the Lunar Crater primenančiame - Erode the castle ruins and the tomb. Sacred place of abundance of souvenirs, and they are relatively cheap. Olive Pink's the only one dollar. Bethlehem in the land buy the video film "Israel and the Church of the Holy Land" (in eight languages), and the wife - a silver chain with a cross. This is a gift of our common life anniversary marked because of this trip to leave after 35 years after the wedding.
Olive hill, and his papėdėje According to my grandmother, in anticipation of St.. Easter, Catholics, Christians "are stacijas." Fourteen stops the suffering of Christ before his crucifixion is also left to our imagination from the first childhood visit to the church year. However, this is what you saw in Jerusalem, not far nepriminė sacral sanctity. Olive hill, where he was issued - asphalt reviews for tourists and the Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene. Only tough to Stelmužės oak-like olive trees, said Maine has the times of Christ. Luke says: "Jesus in the front leidosi to Jerusalem and come to Bethphage and Betanijos the so-called Olive Hill." In Bethlehem, Jesus colt išjojo Palm Sunday to Jerusalem, where the people are nuklojo palm sprig. Now here is a small band of Greek Crusader times, "Christ the stone." From here begins with Palm Sunday Easter Sunday procession in Jerusalem. Olive hill some of the churches of Christ recalls the life of the individual episodes. Here is the church of God the Father, where Jesus Prayer quoth the words: "Our Father which art in heaven," Kedrono streams and the place where Christ apraudojo Jerusalem. Greta - the majestic, golden towers BounceBegin Russian czar Alexander III built Mary Magdalene Orthodox Church, reminding the sinner Mary Magdalena history. From the Mount of Olives have a wonderful view to Jerusalem. Front - a great Jewish and Arabic cemetery wall - mason gates. Through Christ įjojęs in Jerusalem. Both Jews and Arabs, and now the new rich Russians dream to be buried in the wall. The matter is expected that the palaidotieji Olive Mount papėdėje Resurrection day of the first stack before the court of God. They say that money for the huge graves here ransom singers J. Kobzonas and A. Pugacheva.
At Golgotha hill Review of four thousand years ago the cemetery, starting a trip through the old Jerusalem. Go through the suffering of Christ in Golgotha hill. Lance Last dinner place, the grave of King David Sion hills. Memory remains in Mount Olive papėdėje raising impressive of all the peoples of the church, built in 1924. Detention of the Christ was born to a Jewish rabbi Kajafo house, he was followed by Peter's tail. Now Kajafo palace built in the Holy place. Peter's Orthodox Church, in one room survived uolose just the camera. This prison, which was kalintas Christ. From the time of Antonio fortress ruins begins suffering road. It braudamiesi going through a crowd of Arab traders. Where Christ is wrong, the wall išmūrytas dark brick and a semicircle above his head marked the station number. Tourists are based on the hand to the stone, which puldamas lietā Christ. Every Friday this road crosses bears the Franciscan monks, recalling Christ's sufferings 14 road stops. The first time in the gait Franciscans held its XIV century. Interestingly, the first Polish station equipped with a bell tower. The station lies in the depth of 7 meters in the street brought the stone slabs. Both the meter reaches the old Jerusalem, the cultural layer. Cape Lord's Church of Christ installed in the last four suffering of the road station. John's Gospel says that Christ's body was paguldytas uoloje iškirstoje crypt for Juozas from Arimatrėjos buried. The grave stone of the hole was closed, protecting the tomb from robbers. Christ during the Golgotha hill was a stone quarry, then here are equipped with the cemetery. Emperor Hadrian in 135 Golgotha abolished graves, a tomb of Christ instead of the temple of Zeus, built and equipped for the altars of Venus. Byzantine Queen Elena of 326 built the first church here. After that, the church has twice been destroyed and rebuilt. The stone slab on which was paguldytas of the Cross, and the oil removed the application the Christ, the pilgrim garbinama place. The plates priklaupė our four carefully monitored us accompanying Jewish buddy. Mass grave of the Church of Christ every day aukoja six representatives of Christian churches: Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, Armenian, Roman Catholic, Coptic, and Ethiopic.
With the cap and package leaflet Red border - švenčiausia a Jewish place. This is from Erode the Great's time the rest of the western wall of the sanctuary supusi, the most Jewish place of pilgrimage. In our era of the beginning of the Jewish holy stovėjusią principal 70 years destroyed the Roman legionaries. When Christ was a child born to the Virgin Mary here, to demonstrate to God. Gospel According to Luke, Simon BC worshiped as Viešpatį. Rauda wall must be a folder and tourists. In the back of men and women out of the race. Meldžiamasi separately. Here you can (and need) to take paper hat, write a request to God, and insert it into the eyelet inserted between the bricks. Going to the wall with the request this leaflet can not be gręžiotis, and left instructions to be respectful backwards to go back.
Reflections of the border Rauda These days, Wall Rauda Jews are the main prayer space. You need only to be surprised, as hundreds of young and old Jewish prayer, Torah reading lines, rhythm siūbuoja forward, back and side. Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas Rauda wall apologized to the Jewish people for the committed žvėriškumus Lithuanian rider. Reading the newspapers about the Jews in the fight against the Arabs, between the lines to see Israel for its oversight of the firm policy against the Arabs. But to experience the history of the Jewish people, the elderly among the people, begin to clarity the behavior of the reasons. Admit, that in 1967 Arab-Israeli six-day war in the days, together with other students of the University of Vilnius was the Arabs side supports. From childhood days, survived, and the story of the alleged ritual killing of Christian children's purposes for the Jews and the eccentricity is closing. Myths collapsed when the pabūni another, persecuted and stigmatized, hides. Now the Lithuanian people, not a negative ruso, German image? But, from the Lithuanian name mentioned Lithuanians suffered the aggression of neighboring nations, and constantly fought for their freedom. But the battle for Vilnius? What is it? Okupavimas or liberation? Israel to return to ancestral lands occupied in Arabic, is a legitimate and worthy of respect. Persekiota, exile, niekinta, scattered all over the world, but retained their faith, customs, traditions, self-esteem, and an infinite desire to live together in historic lands of the people have the right to defend themselves by all possible means. As the Lithuanians and the post-war rezistencinėje fight.
Sugrąžinkime history Lithuania in the world known dozens of Vilkaviškio edge of Jewish origin - the most talented artists, politicians, businessmen. Craftsmen, traders, ordinary working people and creating Vilkaviškio. They were different, but - to our neighbors. As we, Lithuanians, and worth a good, pious, and unbelieving, and not forgiving. Today they have disappeared from our city, the vast majority were killed in the Holocaust. The younger generation is now almost forgotten, dislocated again in the history of the Jews ūko any memories to go back to the history of the town. Traveling in Israel, knowledge of and agreed to open, sincere, his country mylinčius people, daydreaming about and see the far edge of the north, known as Lithuania, from which originate many fathers. Author's photo.: 1. Christ's suffering the way stations are equipped with Arabic traders parduotuvėlės (fifth stop).
