Israel – Jerusalem

Weaving prayer shawls.

Getting John’s back pack repaired.

The round yellow date bread is delicious.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City houses the place where Jesus was crucified, as well as Jesus’s empty tomb where he was buried then resurrected.

While sitting outside, we saw pilgrims from Russia as well as from Poland.

The tomb of Jesus Christ.

Above the tomb.

Inside the tomb.

After the visitor’s line up was completed these Franciscans took turns going into the tomb.

This little chapel houses the rock that supported Jesus’s head when he lay in the tomb.

Upstairs in the The Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Here, as in Turkey, when you light candles for loved ones they are placed in sand and water.