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<h1>Jerusalem</h1>
Part of the <a href="../armenian-heritage-trip.html">Armenian heritage trip memory.</a>
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<p>
Nancy and Jim travel to Tel Aviv.
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<img src="jerusalem/airplane.jpg"
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Jim's plane in SanFrancisco.
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<img src="jerusalem/staff.jpg"
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Turkish Airlines staff in SanFransisco.<br>
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<h2 id=2019-09-14><a href=#2019-09-14>2019-09-14 Saturday</a></h2>
<p>
Arrive Istanbul, fly to TelAviv.
Arrive TelAviv, shuttle to Jerusalem.
The travelers avoided an accident when the shuttle bus was squeezed between a bluff and another bus.
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<img src="jerusalem/istanbul-airport.jpg"
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Terminal in Istanbul.
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<img src="jerusalem/airplane-selfie.jpg"
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The travelers take a selfie on the airplane from Istanbul to TelAviv.
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<img src="jerusalem/istanbul-night.jpg"
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Istanbul at night, from the airplane.
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<p>
The travelers were dropped off from the shuttle at around midnight.
Where the shuttle dropped them off in Jerusalem- Damascus gate- about 10 minutes away from the hotel.
Use of global app and phone flashlight enabled them to walk from the Damascus Gate to the hotel in the Old City in the dark with their luggage.
Nancy's main suitcase was still to come.
The streets were dark and empty.
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<img src="jerusalem/damascus-gate.jpg"
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Damascus gate.
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<img src="jerusalem/hotel-doors.jpg"
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Hotel doors.
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<img src="jerusalem/hotel-interior.jpg"
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Hotel interior.
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<img src="jerusalem/jerusalem-map.jpg"
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A map of Jerusalem's old city.
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<hr>
<h2 id=2019-09-15><a href=#2019-09-15>2019-09-15 Sunday</a></h2>
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The travelers spent Sunday scouting the Old City.
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<img src="jerusalem/shops.jpg"
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Shop along the alleyways in Old City Jerusalem.
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<h3>Church of the Holy Sepulchre</h3>
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre - believed to be the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and tomb and resurrection.
Affirmed by recent research in the basement.
Currently occupied by the main denominations sharing property over parts of the church are the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic, and to a lesser degree the Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox.
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<img src="jerusalem/sepulchre-exterior.jpg"
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Holy Sepulchre exterior.
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<img src="jerusalem/sepulchre-interior.jpg"
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Holy Sepulchre interior.
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<img src="jerusalem/sepulchre-dome.jpg"
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Holy Sepulchre dome.
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<h3>lunch</h3>
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Gouged badly, learned to see menu with prices first, Nancy was not feeling too well.
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<img src="jerusalem/sunday-lunch.jpg"
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Nancy enjoys Lunch.
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<h3>wailing wall</h3>
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Stands to hold prayer material.
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<img src="jerusalem/wailing-men.jpg"
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Wailing wall men's side.
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<img src="jerusalem/wailing-special.jpg"
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Special area which is covered (men's side).
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<img src="jerusalem/wailing-women.jpg"
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Wailing wall women's side.
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<img src="jerusalem/tamia-prayer.jpg"
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Nancy delivered a prayer from Tamia and left it in the wailing wall.
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<p>
After viewing the wailing wall, the travelers walked back to the hotel to take a nap.
Needed to recover after long trip from USA to Israel.
</p>
<h3>Armenian quarter & St. James' Cathedral</h3>
<img src="jerusalem/armenian-statuary.jpg"
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Statuary in the church.
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<img src="jerusalem/armenian-seminary.jpg"
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Monastery/seminary in the Armenian quarter
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<img src="jerusalem/genocide-poster.jpg"
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Reminder of the genocide.
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<img src="jerusalem/armenian-patriarchate.jpg"
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Head of the Armenian apostolic group in Jerusalem.
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<h3>dinner</h3>
<img src="jerusalem/sunday-dinner.jpg"
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Dinner.
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<img src="jerusalem/shops-closed.jpg"
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Shops closed at the end of the day.
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<img src="jerusalem/hotel-roof-night.jpg"
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Night view from Hotel rooftop.
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<hr>
<h2 id=2019-09-16><a href=#2019-09-16>2019-09-16 Monday</a></h2>
<h3>morning</h3>
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Monday morning, with help of hotel staff, Nancy's luggage was found and delivered.
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<img src="jerusalem/hotel-roof-sunrise.jpg"
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Sunrise from hotel rooftop.
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<h3>Dome of the Rock</h3>
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The travelers visited the Dome of the Rock.
Nancy had previously visited in 1969 (50 years prior).
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<img src="jerusalem/dome-1.jpg"
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<img src="jerusalem/dome-2.jpg"
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<img src="jerusalem/dome-3.jpg"
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<h3>Bethsada pool</h3>
<img src="jerusalem/bethesda-1.jpg"
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<img src="jerusalem/bethesda-2.jpg"
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<h3>wall's promenade</h3>
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The travelers walked the rampart wall from Jaffa gate to Zion gate.
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<img src="jerusalem/rampart-1.jpg"
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<img src="jerusalem/rampart-2.jpg"
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<h3>first meeting with George</h3>
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The travelers met with <a href=https://openjlem.hypotheses.org/1192>George Hintlian</a>.
Late morning coffee shop.
Following are two audio recordings from that meeting.
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TODO: audio 1
TODO: audio 2
<h3>David's Tower</h3>
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The travelers toured David's Tower, where there are 21 layers of history.
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<img src="jerusalem/21-layers.jpg">
<figcaption>21 layers of history at David's tower.</figcaption>
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<h3>return to St. James'</h3>
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George showed them St. James' church.
Nancy shared the family's Armenian table grace with George, who was touched.
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<img src="jerusalem/st-james-1.jpg">
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<h3>CHS</h3>
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The travelers returned to CHS and met with George again.
Ability to see special place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre along with Canadian officials guided by George.
Recent research affirms that this place was the place where Jesus’ tomb was.
A YouTube video on this issue may be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uuZ-C7nmj4
This counters research (Talpoit tomb) which concluded that Jesus’ body and family tomb had been found about three miles away from the CHS.
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<img src="jerusalem/CHS-gate.jpg"
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The gate to the basement of the CHS.
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<img src="jerusalem/CHS-mass.jpg"
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Nancy watching a private mass on the main floor of the CHS.
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<img src="jerusalem/CHS-tour.jpg"
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George leads a tour.
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<h2 id=2019-09-17><a href=#2019-09-17>2019-09-17 Tuesday</a></h2>
<h3>wall's promenade</h3>
<p>
The travelers walked the wall Jaffa Gate to Damascus Gate.
</p>
<h3>Armenian apostolic church office</h3>
<p>
The travelers looked more carefully with George for information about Miriam Torosian (n.e.e. Jerahian).
They want to see if there are records that she was born or married in Jerusalem.
They found no records.
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<img src="jerusalem/miriam.png">
<figcaption>Torosian family photo.
Left to right, Miram, John, and John's wife Paroos (n.e.e. Takousian).
Picture was probably taken in 1912 when John and Paroos were married.</figcaption>
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<img src="jerusalem/george-nancy-book.jpg">
<figcaption>George and Nancy look for information about Miriam Jarahian.</figcaption>
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<h3>Israeli museum</h3>
dead sea scrolls
<h3>tea with George</h3>
<h3>Armenian cemetery</h3>
<h3>dinner with George</h3>
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<h2 id=2019-09-18><a href=#2019-09-18>2019-09-18 Wednesday</a></h2>
<h3>depart</h3>
Wednesday morning
meet taxi at christ church
drove to airport seeing divide of Palestine
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