Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where the Gospel ...
Jesus prayed among the olive trees in the garden of Gethsemane on his last night before the crucifixion, according to the Gospel.
Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, that today attracts thousands of religious pilgrims.