Birthplace of Mother Mary, Jerusalem - The story of Saint Anne church.
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera zahigo25@walla.com +972-54-6905522 tel סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this calling in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, glide over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and see the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.
Church of St. Anne & Pool of Bethesda
Today we are visiting the church of Saint Anne and the pool of Bethesda which are located near the Lions Gate and right at the beginning of the Via Dolorosa.
At this church, Saint Mary, the mother of Jesus, was born to Anne and Joachim -- the only grandparents of Jesus.
This is not just another church. The church of St. Anne is renowned for its outstanding acoustics design and you are just about to see why......
People from all over the world come and sing in the church throughout the day......It is amazing how a voice of one prayer can be sounds like an impressive choirs.
Now let's tell the story of this church.
The church of St. Anne was built by the Crusaders during the first half of the 12th century but was captured by the Moslems in the very same century it was built. The Moslems cleansed the church of its Christian symbols and turned the church into a Madrasab -- a religious school for Moslem children. Above the entrance, you can see an inscription testifying to this event.
Six hundred years later, in 1856, the Ottoman Sultan returned the church to the French, which, 22 years later, entrusted the Church to the White Fathers, an order of the Catholic Church named for the color of its priests' robes.
Now let's see where Mary was born. These stairs lead to the crypt where Mary was born. Note the notes left in the cracks of the stones by worshipers praying to St. Mary.
Right outside St. Anne's Church lays the pools of Bethesda (Aramaic for House of Mercy). During the second Temple period, these pools and the surrounding area were used to heal and treat the disabled.
Now you're probably asking what any of this has to do with Jesus....So this is where Jesus performed one of his miracles of faith.
Legend has it that once a day; an angel would grace these pools and stir up the water. The first ailing person to get into the water when it began to stir would be healed immediately. One day, Jesus was walking in the pools' vicinity and saw an ailing person lying next to the pool who had been an invalid for 38 years. Jesus approached this man and said to him Get Up! Pickup your pallet and walk and that's exactly what happened. The man was cured at once.
Getting back to the present, in the middle of New York's Central Park, there is a fountain with an angel's status: the Angel, of the Waters Fountain, at Bethesda Terrace.
If we look around, aside from the pools, there are the remains of a Roman Temple to Asclepius, the Greek God of Medicine & Healing, and a Byzantine Crusader church.
I hope you have enjoyed visiting St. Anne Church and the pools of Bethesda.
I welcome your comments and suggestions to this video. It is essential that I learn what my viewers are interested in and how I can improve my blog
That is for today and until we meet again in my next video,let's all live the Jerusalem Experience !!!!!
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The Church of St Anne is a beautiful 12th century Crusader church erected over the traditional birthplace of Anne (Hannah), the mother of Mary. Its acoustics, designed for Gregorian chant, are so perfect that the church is virtually a musical instrument to be played by the human voice.
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Location
1. The Pool of Bethesda is located on the property of the Church of St. Anne.
2. The Church of St. Anne is located just inside the Lions’ Gate at the eastern entrance of the Old City.
3. The Church of St. Anne is known for its extraordinary acoustics, and visitors singing hymns of praise to God can often be heard there.
4. The ruins of the Jewish, Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader eras are still well preserved at the Pool of Bethesda.
Historical Background
1. The Pool of Bethesda marks the place where a sick man was healed.
2. Bethesda means “House of Mercy.”
3. There were two large cisterns by the Pool of Bethesda that supplied water to the temple during the times of the first and second temples until the time Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD.
4. Beside the cisterns were the Pool of Bethesda and a healing center. There was also a sheep market and a sheep gate close-by.
5. After the destruction of Jerusalem, the Pool of Bethesda was the location of a temple to Asclepius, the Roman god of healing.
6. A Byzantine basilica was built over the ruins of the Temple of Asclepius in the 5th century, and today the arches that supported the floors can still be seen.
7. The Crusaders built a chapel over the ruins of the Byzantine basilica.
8. A church built around 450 on the site of St Anne’s Church was dedicated to the believed place Mary, the mother of Jesus, was born.
9. The current church of St. Anne was built in the 12th century by the Crusaders and is one of the most beautiful and preserved Crusader churches in Israel.
10. Christian tradition identifies St. Anne’s Church as the home of Anne (Hannah) and Joachim, the parents of Mary, mother of Jesus.
11. In 1192, after the fall of the Crusader Kingdom, Saladin turned the church into a theological school for the study of the Quran, which is commemorated in an inscription above the entrance to the church.
12. In the 19th century, the compound was given to the French Catholic Order of the White Fathers.
13. France did extensive restoration work on the church, returning it as closely as possible to the original basilica. A second restoration was necessary after the church was damaged during the Six Day War in 1967.
Places of Interest
1. Pool of Bethesda (also used as a cistern and mikvah)
• South pool
• North pool
• Pool of Bethesda and its 5 porticoes
• Ruins of the Roman Temple of Asclepius (god of healing)
• Pagan medicinal baths
• Ruins of a Byzantine Basilica
• Ruins of a Crusader chapel
2. Sheep Gate (located where the Lions’ Gate is today)
3. Antonia Fortress
4. Temple Mount
5. Church of St. Anne
• Altar at the front of the church depicting three events: (1) the Annunciation on the right (2) the descent of Jesus from the Cross in the center, and (3) the birth of Jesus on the left.
• Crypt dedicated to Mary’s birth
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The church of St.Anne, Jerusalem
a beautiful 12th century Crusader church ( personally my favorite), erected over the traditional site of the birthplace of Anne. The church is next to the Bethesda pool and ruins of Roman temple.The church acoustics are most amazing when used by a soprano or a tenor solo voice ( as you hear in the video). The church is located in the Moslim Quarter of Old City, near the Lion's gate.
This clip dedicated to my beautiful aunt Anna in Bardejov, Slovakia. I love you very much!
Tento klip venovany tete Anne Bilovej z Bardejova. Mam ta velmi rada a dufam, ze sa ti moje video paci. Nevahaj a chod do Svatej Zemi. Pan caka.
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