Hidden Byzantine Water Cistern Beneath St. Helena’s Coptic Church – A Journey Below Jerusalem! скачать в хорошем качестве

Hidden Byzantine Water Cistern Beneath St. Helena’s Coptic Church – A Journey Below Jerusalem!

Information about the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem itself will be provided after this announcement (Jan Edbrooke). Unfortunately, due to the war, there are no tourists, and I haven't worked for about a year. Without your help, I would not be able to continue uploading many videos. Should you wish to support me and my videos please subscribe to my channel and let me guide you through the Holy Land via my videos. In this way, I will be able to continue to do my work of uploading to YouTube. Upon your request and in return I am very much happy to pray for you at the Western Wall and/or light a candle in your name at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or anywhere else in the Holy Land of Israel. Should you have a personal request I will be more than happy to respond and even film it in a personal video. Support and purchase of goods from the Holy Land: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/zahishaked Support using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zahis... Kindly share this site with your other friends/family that are interested in the rich and sacred history of Israel. Thank you so much Your tour guide Zahi Shaked   / zahishakedisraelitourguide     / zahi_shaked_israeli_tour_guide   https://linktr.ee/zahishakedtourguide... The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem has had a presence at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Church of the Resurrection) and in Jerusalem since the time Queen Helena founded the church in the 4th century. In Jerusalem, the Copts have several buildings in the Christian Quarter of the Old City including Monasteries, Convents and schools. Situated literally on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the Coptic Patriarchate of Jerusalem. This includes the Patriarchate itself (His Eminence's residence), St Anthony's Monastery, 5 Churches and St Anthony's Coptic College (Secondary). the Coptic Church of St Helen. The church is built above a quarry, which was turned into a cistern in the 4th century. The cistern is holy, as it is believed that St Helen herself created it to meet the needs of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, next door. As we descended the slippery steps down into the cistern (which still contains water), we were amazed by its size. The light down there does not facilitate great photography, but in the picture above you can possibly make out a little apse to the left and a flat space ahead which is used as an altar; the priest paddles around to it in a little boat. In the back of the Queen Helen Coptic Orthodox Church's entrance, almost where you can't see it, is a small doorway with a steep set of stairs and a very low ceiling. The stairwell leads to the Helen Cistern, a huge underground water cistern dating from the 4th century CE. Queen Helen (also known as Helena) was the mother of Constantine the Great, the Roman emperor who converted to Christianity in 322 CE. The cistern was used originally for baptisms, but then was not used for hundreds of years. It was rediscovered and dug out in the 1980s, but today contains no natural water. Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera zahishaked@gmail.com +972-54-6905522 tel סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522 My name is Zahi Shaked In 2000 I became a registered licensed tourist guide. My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land. Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity. In order to fulfill this "calling" in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters) Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, "glide" over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water, and "see" the miracle which enfolds before us