The Holy Week is approaching - the most important time of the year for the entire Orthodox world.
Palm Sunday, like the front door, brings us into its atmosphere memories of the last earthly days of the Savior in Jerusalem.
Every day of this week is called the Great and Holy, because it has a special significance and is connected with specific biblical stories, on the footsteps of which we will pass in our excursion.
From the Mount of Olives we will see the Jericho road in the wilderness that led Jesus to Jerusalem.
Before us opens a fascinating panorama on the Holy City.
We will descend the ancient road of pilgrims, which triumphantly walked Jesus to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
In the monastery of Mary Magdalene we will touch the seven remaining steps of this path.
In the church «Tears of the Lord» we shall remember prophetic words of Jesus about tragic fate of Jerusalem and we shall see place of bible Temple, whence on this day it has expelled traders.
The ancient Roman column will show us where the betrayal of Judas took place, which is remembered on Great Wednesday.
The Olives of the Garden of Gethsemane remember the desperate prayer and arrest of Jesus on Holy Thursday.
We will pass on Via Dolorosa, which tells about the events of Good Friday, about the trial and execution of Christ.
The Stones of the Wailing Wall are silent witnesses to Jesus' argument with the Pharisees, as they say on the Great Tuesday.
The Temple of the Tomb is connected with the Great Sabbath, the day of the memory of the burial of Jesus, of his victory over death.