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JERUSALEM — During October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before being taken ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before being ...

The top of the Mount of Olives is where tradition places the exact location of Jesus’ ascension into heaven. On Ascension Day, Christians can celebrate the liturgy inside the chapel thanks to a ...

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority on Monday said it was backing down from a contentious plan to encompass Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives in a national park following ...

In this Jerusalem travel guide we show you around the old city and surrounding areas then head over to Bethlehem in Palestine ...

The cemetery, where Jewish families have buried their dead since time immemorial, is nearly full. (JTA) — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire who died this week and was a major funder of pro-Israel ...