Mount Zion

The Upper Room

Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?" So he sent two of his disciples, telling them,

"Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, 'The Teacher asks: Where is my

guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there."

Mark 14:12-15

Upon entering the Upper Room you find yourself in a large hall. The ceiling is supported by three pillars which divide the room into three naves. The

pillars and the arches, windows and other Gothic style architectural elements are a clear indication the room was built by the Crusaders in the early

XIV century, on top of a much older structure most probably pre-dating the first churches erected in Palestine. This old structure, according to the

archaeological research, was a church-synagogue of the early Christian community of Jerusalem.

                    "Let Us Break Bread Together"                  

Tomb of King David

King David's Tomb in Jerusalem lies just outside the Dormition Abbey behind the Franciscan house on Zion or Sion. The whole area has been transformed

by religious Jews into various Yeshivas (Schools of the Torah) especially due to the devotion for the Tomb of King David, which is believed to be located

beneath the Upper Room, called the Room of the Last Supper, or Coenaculum.

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