I learned that the phrase "garden of gethsemane" is not historically correct. The word "gethsemane" means olive press which are kept in caves so that the olives aren't exposed instead of out in the open sunlight. Christ and his 3 apostles went to an oil press and from there Christ went 2 stone throws away to go and pray and there is an olive press right next to the Church of All Nations where the apostles waited for Christ and when Christ came back where the Romans arrested him. We aren't sure where the olive press is where Christ went but it's somewhere on the Mount of Olives. Interesting....
Sign entrance for the grotto
The Church of All Nations--traditional site of the Garden of Gethsemane
Olive Trees!
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