Mount Zion seen from the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem |
Dormition Abbey - Hagia Maria Sion |
Tower of Dormition Abbey, Mt Zion |
The present Basilica of the Dormition was built 1900-1910 by the Germans on the remains of an old Byzantine church of Hagia Sion |
Abbey of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary |
Dormtion Abbey (Benedictine), Mount Zion |
Dormition Abbey, just to SW of the old city's Zion Gate |
Church of the Dormition on the site where the Virgin Mary is said to have fallen into an "eternal sleep" |
Mosaic over the main alter of Panagia Hodigitria (The Blessed Virgin Mary – the One who shows the way), 1939, Dormition Abbey |
Mosaic floor, Dormition Abbey |
Mosaic floor, Dormition Abbey |
Church of the Dormition |
Mosaic Ecce Agnus Dei - Behold the Lamb of God, Church of the Dormition, Chapel of St John the Baptist |
Mosaic of the Tree of Jesse - Egredietur Virga e Radice Jesse - Isaiah XI:1, Church of the Dormition, Chapel of Joseph |
Chapel mosaic with St. Peter and Germanic saints, Church of the Dormition |
Virgin and Child with the mostly Germanic Saints |
Mosaic of the Virgin and Child, Church of the Dormition |
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Altar of the Church of the Dormition |
Floor mosaic of the Church of the Dormition with the names Johannes, Joel, and Daniel |
Crypt of the Church of the Dormition with the Virgin Mary on her deathbed |
Effigy of the Virgin Mary resting on a mosaic carpet, Church of the Dormition |
The Virgin Mary on Her Deathbed, Church of the Dormition |
Crypt of the Church of the Dormition |
Six women of the Old Testament - Eve, Miriam, Yael, Ruth, Judith and Esther |
Mosaic of the Virgin Mary in the crypt |
Altar in the crypt of the Church of the Dormition with a mosaic of Mary with the Twelve Apostles |
Mosaic of the Madonna and Child, Church of the Dormition crypt |
Hungarian Chapel - Magyarország Kegyeletes Hódolata - Crypt of the Church of the Dormition |
Virgin & Child with the Hungarian saints - St. Emericus/Imre, St. Stephan/István, St. Ladislaus/Lászlo, St. Elisabeth/Erzsébet |
Mosaic of the Virgin and Child in the Hungarian chapel, Crypt of the Church of the Dormition |
Altar of the Hungarian chapel - St. Stephanus, St Simon, St Thaddeus, St Kleophas |
Austrian Chapel - Crypt of the Church of the Dormition |
The Death of the Virgin Mary, Church of the Dormition, Eternal Sleep |
Mt. Zion |
Marker placed by the Jerusalem Foundation, Mt Zion |