Church of All Nations

The Church of All Nations (Latin Basilica Agoniae Domini, also Church of All Nations, Church of All Nations ) is a Roman Catholic religious building in the Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. According to Matthew 26:36-46 and Mark 14.25-42 EU EU Jesus of Nazareth prayed at this point in awareness of the forthcoming event, before he was betrayed by Judas Iscariot. Particularly, the church refers to the traditional only in Luke the Evangelist 22.44 EU passage: " And he prayed in his anxiety more earnestly: and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. " Because this blood sweat as an indication of the agony of Jesus is considered.

The church was built in 1919-1924 with funds from twelve countries. Hence the name stirs Church of All Nations. The coat of arms of each of the participating countries can be found in a separate section at the ceiling of the church. The three-nave church has a classical basilica - form without a tower, but twelve domes, which represent the twelve apostles who are supported by six pillars of red-brown as a symbol of the olive trees. The interior is relevant to the subject dread relatively bleak. The altar stands in front of the rock, is said to have prayed to Jesus, and is surrounded by a grid that resembles the crown of thorns.

The present church stands on the foundations of a Byzantine basilica from the 4th century, built by Emperor Theodosius I, which was destroyed in 746 by an earthquake, and a Crusader church from the 12th century, which was destroyed in 1345. Parts of the original floor are still visible in the church.