The Tomb of Mary

Mary, the mother of Jesus, was buried in the Kidron Valley. Her tomb is watched over by Orthodox and Franciscan monks. The lighting in the chapel and the tomb itself is exceptionally poor, so I apologize for the quality of some of the photographs.

Entrance
The entrance

Down
Going down into the chapel

Main
The main chapel

Altar
One of the several altars

Decorations
Decorations outside her tomb

Decorations
Decorations in the chapel outside the tomb

Tomb
The tomb itself is in this very, very small room that you have to practically crawl into. The inside is so shaped that it's impossible to get it all in one photograph.

Tomb2
The altar directly above the tomb in the above photo

Side
Her tomb from the side, through a glass pane

Going up
Going back up...






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