26:36. Remain here and keep watch."
Gethsemane was the name used by the evangelists Mark and Matthew for the place where Jesus went after the Last Supper. It was possible to acquire 18 “qirats” (parcels of land) out of a total of 24.

12 So the band of soldiers, the tribune, and the Jewish guards seized Jesus, bound him, 13 and brought him to Annas first. A restoration, which took place at a time that cannot be identified precisely, involved a renovation of the pavement and strengthening the pillars.
UA firman (Ottoman decree) issued in 1636 declared that the Franciscans had been the owners of Mary’s Tomb since ancient times.

9 This was to fulfill what he had said, "I have not lost any of those you gave me." 48 Jesus said to them in reply, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to seize me? In the apse is preserved natural rock, bearing antique chisel marks, on which the walls of the church rest.

The Garden of Olives is located to the east of the Kidron Valley, between the path up the mountain and the busy Jericho Road. In fact, in 1757 a number of sanctuaries had already been taken over by the Greek Orthodox, among these being Mary’s Tomb, which was never returned. This was not the first time that Christ had manifested himself, showing her his Heart. The huge old olive trees in the garden are so old that one can imagine them to be the … The Mount consists of three areas of high ground from which steep roads descend to the valley below: from the north to the south extends "Karm as-Sayyad" (“vineyard of the hunter”), reaching 818 meters of altitude; in the center is "Jebel et-Tur" (“holy mountain”) at 808 meters; and to the southwest, on the far side of the Jerusalem-Jericho road, is "Bet el Hawa" (“belly of the wind”), also known as "Mount Scandal", at 713 meters high. The research was carried out by a team of experts and researchers from the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), in conjunction with a number of Italian universities, coordinated by Professors Giovanni Gianfrate and Antonio Cimato. Ezekiel 11:23). Ölkelter, a. Gethsemane was the name used by the evangelists Mark and Matthew for the place where Jesus went after the Last Supper. The fresco paintings are the work of the artist Umberto Noni.

At the end of the celebrations all the faithful bow down to touch and kiss the venerated rock, before beginning a torchlight procession along the Kidron Valley towards the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, the place where the house of the high priest Caiaphas stood and where Jesus was brought to pass the night in prison. The principal Christian memories on the Mount of Olives refer to the following events in Jesus' life: Finally, at the base of the Mount are two other important Jerusalem memories, closely linked to the infant Church: the ancient Tomb of Mary, cited in the Syriac version of the "Transitus Beatae Mariae Virginis" from the 2nd century AD, and the Church of St. Stephen, built in recent times in memory of the martyrdom of the first bishop of Jerusalem who was stoned and buried, according to an ancient tradition, next to a rock at this location. But if during Jesus' time much of the Mount of Olives must have been covered by plants and crops, today the general situation is not exactly the same. At the invitation of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Hour, the entire Catholic world came together to celebrate Holy Hour. The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (c. 758-818) mentions that Caliph Abd al-Malik (685-705) wanted to remove the columns from the church of Gethsemane, presumably to make use of them in the mosque being constructed during those years in Mecca.

The halo with a swastika that can be seen beside the angel’s face has been attributed to the figure of Christ. Today the practice of Holy Hour before the Stone of Agony takes place the first Thursday of each month as a direct continuation of the Mass at 16.00. Through a quadrangular opening at the base of the wall the stairs that led to the burial ground from the northern side can be seen. Based on the comprehension of this holy place, we strongly encourage every pilgrim that visits the Garden to have the greatest respect and understanding for the Hermitage, ensuring an atmosphere of silence and peace, so that everyone can encounter our Lord, who wants to talk to his children. This church was the spiritual center of the Confraternity of Charity that had been founded to collect alms for the hospital of Our Lady of Josaphat [Jehoshaphat] at the abbey of the Tomb of the Virgin. The present access has undergone modifications but remains essentially that created in 1655 when an opening was made between the two supporting walls of the terraces above. Following a major flood on 23 November 1955 the Custody of the Holy Land initiated restoration works in the Grotto of the Betrayal. Systematic excavations were able to begin in March 1909, carried out by fra Luc Thonessen. 44 He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground. An inscription in Latin consisting of three rows of capital letters in white on a red and black background is painted on the vault, to the right of the presbytery. The diffusion of this pious practice throughout the Catholic world was very closely linked to the favor in which the cult of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was viewed in the 18th and 19th centuries. garden across the Kidron Valley on the Mount of Olives (. Once the debris was removed the Crusader church reemerged, with its floor plan of a central nave separated from the two lateral aisles by rows of three cruciform pillars, with the nave and aisles terminating in semicircular apses. The nighttime setting created in the interior of the church is highlighted by the mosaics in the twelve ceiling domes where, against a deep blue background, the starry sky lights up, framed by the olive branches. Permission to proceed with the new project designed by Barluzzi for the construction of the church was not received until 6 January 1922. Behold, the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners. Franciscan Pilgrims' Office - FPO Heb 5:7).