Jerusalem: Chapel of the Ascension Rock

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Jerusalem: Chapel of the Ascension Rock


‎Jerusalem. Candles are burning on Assumption Day next to the rock in the Chapel of the Ascension. According to tradition, it was from here that Jesus rose to heaven, leaving his left footprint in the rock. In the Crusader period the prints of both feet were here, and there are many legends about the disappearance of the piece of rock containing the right footprint. Apparently it was stolen by souvenir hunters.


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