{"id":4801,"date":"2019-03-14T14:11:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?page_id=4801"},"modified":"2019-03-14T14:18:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:18:45","slug":"mount-zion-the-church-of-the-dormition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/mount-zion-the-church-of-the-dormition\/","title":{"rendered":"MOUNT ZION The Church of the Dormition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dormiton Church in Jerusalem<\/p><\/div>\n

Mount Zion<\/strong> is hallowed for the Last Supper<\/a>, the Apparition of the Risen Christ and the Descent of the Holy Spirit, all of which are said to have occurred here. It is also where long held tradition says the Virgin Mary lived after the death of her Son, and where she finally fell into her eternal sleep.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Church of the Dormition <\/strong>maintains this tradition, with a wall mosaic depicting the Madonna and Child in the apse and a cherry-wood and ivory statue of the sleeping Mary in the crypt. This magnificent modern edifice was erected in 1906 upon foundations well rooted in the past.<\/p>\n

The title of Mount Zion originally meant only that area occupied by the city built by King David, but later tradition transferred the name to mean the ridge that overlooks the southwest corner of the Old City.<\/p>\n

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