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The Eleona is a Byzantine basilica on the Mount of Olives, built by Constantine’s mother Helena over the cave where tradition holds Jesus taught his disciples. Discussed here as part of a day on Christianity on the Mount of Olives and Mount Zion.

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Church of the Pater Noster (Eleona) on the Mount of Olives
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Christianity on the Mount of Olives and Mount Zion

A walking tour of the Christian sites surrounding the final days of Jesus: from the Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, down through Gethsemane, and up to the Last Supper room and St Peter in Gallicantu on Mount Zion.

May 2013 · 7 minute read
View over the Old City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives Church of the Pater Noster (Eleona) on the Mount of Olives Church of Dominus Flevit on the Mount of Olives Inside the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem Tomb of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion Sculpture inside the Last Supper Room (Cenacle) in Jerusalem View over Jerusalem from Mount Zion Church of St Peter in Gallicantu on Mount Zion Steps leading down Mount Zion towards Gethsemane from the Roman period
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