JERUSALEM — Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before being taken up ...

JERUSALEM — During October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before being taken ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before being ...

The top of the Mount of Olives is where tradition places the exact location of Jesus’ ascension into heaven. On Ascension Day, Christians can celebrate the liturgy inside the chapel thanks to a ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — This year’s harvest happened as a ceasefire agreement was reached, spreading a tenuous hope for peace — peace that olive branches have symbolized since the biblical story of the dove ...