{"id":3001,"date":"2010-04-01T13:40:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T20:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2010-04-01T23:10:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T06:10:45","slug":"agony-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=3001","title":{"rendered":"First Recorded Pilgrimage to the Garden of Gethsemane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The name <em>Gethsemane<\/em> is derived from Greek and Assyrian roots and means \u201coil press.\u201d\u00a0 Matthew (26:36) and Mark (14:32) call it a <em>place<\/em> or <em>estate<\/em>.\u00a0 The Gospel of John says Jesus entered <em>a garden<\/em> with his disciples.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3002\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Agony_in_the_Garden-Andrea-Mantegna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3002\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3002\" title=\"Agony_in_the_Garden = Andrea Mantegna\" src=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Agony_in_the_Garden-Andrea-Mantegna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"474\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agony in the Garden - Andrea Mantegna<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While the exact spot remains unknown, tradition locates it on the lower slopes of the Mount of Olives.\u00a0 It was a place that Jesus and his disciples customarily visited, which allowed Judas to find him on the night of his arrest.\u00a0 Overlooking the garden is the Church of All Nations, also known as the Church of the Agony, built on the site of a church destroyed by the Sassanids in 614, and a Crusader church destroyed in 1219.\u00a0 Nearby is the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene with its golden, onion-shaped domes in the Byzantine Russian style, built by the Russian Tsar Alexander III in memory of his mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Garden of Gethsemane became a\u00a0destination site for early Christian pilgrims.\u00a0 It was visited in 333 by the anonymous \u201cPilgrim of Bordeaux,\u201d whose <em>Itinerarium Burdigalense <\/em>is the earliest description left by a Christian traveler in the Holy Land.\u00a0 In his <em>Onomasticon, Eusebius of Caesarea<\/em> he notes the site of Gethsemane located \u201cat the foot of the Mount of Olives,\u201d and he adds that \u201cthe faithful were accustomed to go there to pray.\u201d\u00a0 Ancient olive trees growing in the garden are said to be 900 years old.\u00a0 [from Wikipedia]<\/p>\n<p>It is generally assumed that the author was a native of Bordeaux (France), because the itinerary starts from there.<\/p>\n<p>For maps, itinerary, descriptions and links to copies of the actual \u201csimple and lean\u201d Latin text, visit the following site:<span id=\"_marker\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/198.62.75.1\/www1\/ofm\/pilgr\/bord\/10Bord01MapEur.html\">http:\/\/198.62.75.1\/www1\/ofm\/pilgr\/bord\/10Bord01MapEur.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name Gethsemane is derived from Greek and Assyrian roots and means \u201coil press.\u201d\u00a0 Matthew (26:36) and Mark (14:32) call it a place or estate.\u00a0 The Gospel of John says Jesus entered a garden with his disciples. 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