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Chapel of the Ascension

Palestine

Chapel of the Ascension
Chapel of the Ascension. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Chapel of the Ascension (Arabic: , romanized: Kanīsat aṣ-ṣuūd; Greek: , Ekklisáki tis Analípseos; Hebrew: Qapelat ha-Aliyya) is a chapel and shrine located on the Mount of Olives, in the At-Tur district of Jerusalem. Part of a larger complex, historically it started as part of a Christian church and monastery, which later became an Islamic mosque, Zawiyat al-Adawiya ('the zawiya of [Rabia] al-Adawiya'), and is located on a site believed since the Byzantine period to be the earthly spot where Jesus ascended into Heaven after his Resurrection. It houses a slab of stone believed to contain one of his footprints. This article deals with two sites: the Christian site of the Ascension, and the adjacent but separate mosque built over an ancient grave.

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