Well, yesterday I visited Calvary, the Tomb of Christ's burial, prayed at the Wailing Wall and visited Yad Vashem - the Museum of the Holocuast.
Today, I have a cold....
Lana
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by connor » Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:54 pm
Just finished renovating a Honda Magna 750 motorcycle and it goes like the clappers...! Well.... I think thats interesting... Managed to turn a rather sad neglected motorcycle into a very useable powerful machine.
Passed a group of teenage girls this morning.....and they waved at me...! Heading back that way tomorrow...!
Passed a group of teenage girls this morning.....and they waved at me...! Heading back that way tomorrow...!
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by CBBB » Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:21 pm
connor wrote:Just finished renovating a Honda Magna 750 motorcycle and it goes like the clappers...! Well.... I think thats interesting... Managed to turn a rather sad neglected motorcycle into a very useable powerful machine.
Passed a group of teenage girls this morning.....and they waved at me...! Heading back that way tomorrow...!
And the ages of the six of them added together was still less than yours?
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by tessintrnc » Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:41 pm
Svetlana wrote:Well, yesterday I visited Calvary, the Tomb of Christ's burial, prayed at the Wailing Wall and visited Yad Vashem - the Museum of the Holocuast.
Today, I have a cold....
Lana
Oh, wow Lana, the Holy land is on my wish list...........
Lucky you! What did you feel like, visiting all those Holy places, especially walking in Christ's footsteps? Sorry about the cold though
Tess
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by CBBB » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:08 pm
Svetlana wrote:Well, yesterday I visited Calvary, the Tomb of Christ's burial, prayed at the Wailing Wall and visited Yad Vashem - the Museum of the Holocuast.
Today, I have a cold....
Lana
So now it is HadjiSvetlana!
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by Oracle » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:12 pm
Svetlana wrote:Well, yesterday I visited Calvary, the Tomb of Christ's burial, prayed at the Wailing Wall and visited Yad Vashem - the Museum of the Holocuast.
Today, I have a cold....
Lana
That Wailing Wall is riddled with germs ....
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by Svetlana » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:15 pm
Hi Tess
I have been both to Jerusalem and to Bethlehem before, so perhaps I was less moved than if it had been my first visit. Being a Jewish holdiay week - to celebrate Moses' 40 days in the desert - it was more crowded than usual; but Jerusalem is always busy being the religious HQ for Christianity, Judaism and Islam (although Juraslem is not mentioned in the Koran, Mohamed is supposed to rise to Heaven in Jerusalem.
Calvary is now enclosed within a wall and next to a Greek Orthadox/RC/Armenian Church (they each have their own jealously guarded segments!). The plinth where Christ's body was laid to rest after Cruxification is just within the Church; on the wall is a picture of the 12th-14th Station of the Cross. People were kissing the plinth and laying icons on it; however, it is just too conveniently placed and I suspect is not the true location of where Christ's body was laid to rest.
On ths occasion, I did not enter the Holy Sepulcher, where Christ's body was finaly entombed. One interesting thing I learned was that although we see pictures of Christ carrying a cross, they only ever carried the cross-bar.
A funny story about the Wailing Wall; both males and females can go there, though segregated - whatever your Faith. For some reason, maybe I looked afluent!, I was pushed to the front by some religious person, who then said a broche (pronounced 'Baroka', meaning prayer) holding my hand on the Wall - a great honour for a 'goy' (non-Jewish person). I thanked them kindly, but was then asked for a 'donation'! I explained that I had come to speak to my God and came without 'wordly goods' and had not a penny to my name. They persisted, so I asked someone to give me 10 Sheckles (about €2) which they did and I offered this, to be told that this was not enough. So I said 'OK', and walked away - they chased after me and accepted my 10 Sheckles and I am sure they returend to the Wall and prayed I caught a cold!
The Holocaust Museum was also very moving, but having studied the subject some years ago, I coped with it OK, though many visitors were in tears.
It's an easy journey to make; overnight Limassol-Haifa by boat; most passengers were Russian, interstingly, as were the evening's entertainers. Depending upon your level of interest in religious matters, I would suggest a day for Bethlehem (where you can touch, the spot that Christ was born) and 2 days in Jerusalem.
I also went to the West Bank and Palistinian areas; though my holiday is primarily a sporting one.
Lana
I have been both to Jerusalem and to Bethlehem before, so perhaps I was less moved than if it had been my first visit. Being a Jewish holdiay week - to celebrate Moses' 40 days in the desert - it was more crowded than usual; but Jerusalem is always busy being the religious HQ for Christianity, Judaism and Islam (although Juraslem is not mentioned in the Koran, Mohamed is supposed to rise to Heaven in Jerusalem.
Calvary is now enclosed within a wall and next to a Greek Orthadox/RC/Armenian Church (they each have their own jealously guarded segments!). The plinth where Christ's body was laid to rest after Cruxification is just within the Church; on the wall is a picture of the 12th-14th Station of the Cross. People were kissing the plinth and laying icons on it; however, it is just too conveniently placed and I suspect is not the true location of where Christ's body was laid to rest.
On ths occasion, I did not enter the Holy Sepulcher, where Christ's body was finaly entombed. One interesting thing I learned was that although we see pictures of Christ carrying a cross, they only ever carried the cross-bar.
A funny story about the Wailing Wall; both males and females can go there, though segregated - whatever your Faith. For some reason, maybe I looked afluent!, I was pushed to the front by some religious person, who then said a broche (pronounced 'Baroka', meaning prayer) holding my hand on the Wall - a great honour for a 'goy' (non-Jewish person). I thanked them kindly, but was then asked for a 'donation'! I explained that I had come to speak to my God and came without 'wordly goods' and had not a penny to my name. They persisted, so I asked someone to give me 10 Sheckles (about €2) which they did and I offered this, to be told that this was not enough. So I said 'OK', and walked away - they chased after me and accepted my 10 Sheckles and I am sure they returend to the Wall and prayed I caught a cold!
The Holocaust Museum was also very moving, but having studied the subject some years ago, I coped with it OK, though many visitors were in tears.
It's an easy journey to make; overnight Limassol-Haifa by boat; most passengers were Russian, interstingly, as were the evening's entertainers. Depending upon your level of interest in religious matters, I would suggest a day for Bethlehem (where you can touch, the spot that Christ was born) and 2 days in Jerusalem.
I also went to the West Bank and Palistinian areas; though my holiday is primarily a sporting one.
Lana
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by tessintrnc » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:20 pm
Thanks Lana, it sounds wonderful and I WILL go to those special places one day, and also to Nazareth and the sea of Galilee!!! Thanks again....
Tess
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