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Learn more- We are in Bethany, at 15 staidums from Jerusalem according to the Gospel of St John, where Jesus loved to retire, far from the tumult of Jerusalem. Always located on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, it is here that Jesus raised Lazarus, and Holy Places takes you today to discover his tomb, and the church that accompanies it. Here the friends of Jesus had a house. It was Mary, Martha her sister and Lazarus. But Bethany has a complicated history with a series of churches related to Lazarus' tomb, and other references to the New Testament. To get to Bethany you will pass through the city of Maale Adumim, west of the separation barrier between Israel and Jordan. In Bethany is located the symbolic event called the resurrection of Lazarus and Simon the Leper received Jesus at home. It was on the site of the tomb of Lazarus that a basilica was built in the 4th century, around which was developed the town that today is called El-Azarieh, an Arabic name derived from the Latin name of the city. time: Lazarium. It is Eusebius of Caesarea who first speaks o f this place at the beginning of the 4th century. Then, the pilgrim Etheria, also called Egeria, in her pilgrimage story in the Holy Land: "Route", describes in a famous way the liturgy of the Saturday of Lazarus: - "Arrived at Lazare, a crowd so many gather there that no only the place itself but the surrounding fields are filled with people. It says hymns and antiphons adapted to the day and place, and in the same way one makes readings there. When the moment comes to finish, the Passover is announced; that is to say, a priest goes up to a high place and reads the passage of the gospel which says: "Six days before Passover Jesus went to Bethany ..." Lazarus lived in the village of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair when he visited the house of Simon the Leper a week before the crucifixion of Jesus. It was her brother, Lazare, who was sick. The two sisters sent a messenger to warn Jesus that "he whom you love is sick." When he arrived, Jesus found Lazarus in the tomb for four days already. So the stone covering his tomb was removed. Jesus exclaimed in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, his feet and hands tied with bandages, and his face was wrapped in a shroud. Jesus said to them, "Delay him and let him go." This is how the resurrection of Lazarus is told in the Gospel of St John. According to Christian tradition it is this miracle that would have determined the religious leaders of Jerusalem to condemn Jesus to death. For Franciscan Albert Storme, the reason why pilgrims were attracted by this place is not based on "an occasional wonder". For him, in the eyes of pilgrims, the resurrection of Lazarus prefigured that of Christ and announced their own return from the grave. " We understand the playfulness of building churches as early as the 4th century. At the time of the Crusaders, in 1138, was erected a rich Benedictine monastery, filled with royal favors, near the tomb of Lazarus. Indeed, Queen Melisande establishes a Benedictine convent. The Crusaders largely rebuilt the church, strengthening its walls to carry the stone vault. In addition to the modifications, a fourth church was built, above the tomb of Lazarus, it was intended for the use of the nuns.
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