The Ambassador of the Virgin Mary is another church of great significance in the Christian Church on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. It is shown that this is the place where the Virgin Mary rested, and a church has been built to commemorate it. There are mosaic stickers of the Virgin and the Son.
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The Ambassador of the Virgin Mary is another church of great significance in the Christian Church on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. It is shown that this is the place where the Virgin Mary rested, and a church has been built to commemorate it. There are mosaic stickers of the Virgin and the Son.
The place of sleeping of the Virgin Mary is of course also a legendary story. Many foreign tourists come here for pilgrimage. Many foreign tourists come here from far away. The place of sleeping is a very clean area.
In addition to traveling, most of Jerusalem is a pilgrimage, and the local Jews are even more convinced by this religious devotion. The Church of the Virgin Mary is said to rest here and finally for the final supper room.
Out of the Zion Gate came the Sleeping Church of the Virgin Mary [Rose] It is said that this is the place of rest of the Virgin Mary, the church is full of mosaic paintings, the Virgin Mary and the young Jesus, painted below the eight prophets of Isaiah and Latin verses. The mosaic pattern in the chapel, divided into six small arches in the lobby, is one of the essence of the monastery, with the exquisite statue of the Virgin Mary sleeping in the middle of the underground church made of ivory and walnut
圣堂里布满金色的马赛克画。圣坛上方的半圆拱里的马赛克画为圣母和幼年的耶稣。画的下方为依撒意亚预言中的八位先知圣人以及拉丁诗句。地下室有圣母玛利亚安眠的雕刻像,神态安详平和,在神像边祷告的人众多。
对圣母玛利亚长眠之地,一直有两种说法,一是在以色列耶路撒冷的圣母安眠大教堂地下室,一是在土耳其的以弗所。喀西马尼园下山不远处,还有一座圣母玛利亚墓(教堂)。东正教相信圣母安息后就葬玛利亚墓,三天后升天。天主教认为玛利亚睡着后,灵魂和身体直接被主接走,蒙召升天。耶路撒冷的圣母安眠教堂位于锡安山。1898年德皇威廉二世前来耶稣撒冷祭拜救世主教堂的时候,花重金向奥斯曼苏丹阿卜杜勒.哈米德二世买下这块地方,这里一直传说是圣母安眠的地方。1899年建筑师雷纳德在此发现了拜占庭时期的教堂遗迹,于是在此设计建造了这座教堂。圣母安眠教堂的建筑风格很特殊,蓝色的锥形屋顶,周围是四个小塔楼,旁边有一个高耸的钟楼。高大拱顶上下的窗户透过来的光线柔和的照进教堂。圣坛上方的马赛克画为圣母和幼年耶稣。圣坛左右被六个圆拱是六个祭坛,圆拱内壁上都绘有金色的马赛克画,分别描述了耶稣的家庭、主教和多位圣人。螺旋式的楼梯通向地下教堂。地下教堂正中央是纪念圣母逝世的地方,安放着圣母玛利亚安睡的雕像,是用象牙和樱桃木制造。底层的四周围绕的是小型的祭坛,简洁而肃穆。
在锡雍山顶上,相传是圣母被埋葬以及升天的地方,上面是教堂,下面是墓室,有圣母安眠的像。信众们在此祷告跪拜圣母,祈求圣母妈妈的保佑。