. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . of St. Pelagia of Antioch, whodid penance here for her sins in the 5th cent., and wrought miracles evenafter her death. The tradition as to Pelagia dates from the Crusaders period. To the S. of the village of Kafr et-Tur, beyond the divergence ofthe routes to Bethany (see p. 80) on the left, and Gethsemane (seep. 76) on the right, lie the Latin Buildings, consisting of a Car-melite Nunnery., the Church of the Creed, and the Church of the LordsPrayer. The low-lying Church of the Creed is
. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . of St. Pelagia of Antioch, whodid penance here for her sins in the 5th cent., and wrought miracles evenafter her death. The tradition as to Pelagia dates from the Crusaders period. To the S. of the village of Kafr et-Tur, beyond the divergence ofthe routes to Bethany (see p. 80) on the left, and Gethsemane (seep. 76) on the right, lie the Latin Buildings, consisting of a Car-melite Nunnery., the Church of the Creed, and the Church of the LordsPrayer. The low-lying Church of the Creed is so situated that the roofforms a terrace only slightly raised above the surface of the the pointedarches at thesides, only tothe account ofEusebius, theEmpress He-lena erected achurch uponthe Mount ofOlives over thegrotto in whichJesus initiatedhis disciples in-to the secrets ofhis the 15th cent,a Church ofSt. Mark stoodhere. Accord-ing to mediae-val tradition, itwas here thatthe apostlesdrew up theCreed. TheChurch of thePaternoster., or. 80 Eoute 5. VALLEY OF THE KIDRON. Environs l^ords Prayer, to the E. of the Church of the Greed, was originallyerected, in consequence of a sermon by Peter the Hermit, on the spotwhere, according to mediseval tradition, Christ taught his disciples theLords Prayer. The present huilding was erected in 1868 at the costof the Princess La Tour dAuvergne. In the vestibule are a leadensarcophagus, many fragments of marble, and other antiquities foundin the course of building. To the W. is the HaU of the Lords the passage round the handsome court are tablets inscribed withthe Lords Prayer in 32 different languages. On the S. side is thetomb of the princess, with a lifesize marble effigy. The road leads on to the to the so-called Tombs of theProphets, a series of old rock-tombs which are greatly revered bythe Jews and now belong to the Russians. No charge is made foradmissio
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