Things to Do in Israel

Beit Gelat

via Dolorosa

The Via Dolorosa (Latin for "Sorrowful Way", often translated "Way of Suffering"; Hebrew: ויה דולורוזה; Arabic: طريق الآلام‎) is a processional route in the Old City of Jerusalem.

St. Saviours Monastery

The Monastery of Saint Saviour (Hebrew: מנזר סן סלוודור‎) is a Catholic Franciscan monastery located on 1 Saint Francis Street, east of the New Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Chapelle Saint Vincent de Paul

The St. Vincent de Paul Chapel (Hebrew: מנזר סן ונסן דה פול‎) is a Catholic chapel that serves the Hospice of St. Vincent de Paul in Jerusalem. It is dedicated to the founder of the Daughters of Charity who also run a hospital and an adjoining nursery.

St. Peter of Gallicantu

Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu is a Roman Catholic church located on the eastern slope of Mount Zion, just outside the Old (walled) City of Jerusalem.The church takes its name from the Latin word "Gallicantu", meaning cock's-crow.

Dormition Abbey

Abbey of the Dormition is an abbey and the name of a Benedictine community in Jerusalem on Mount Zion just outside the walls of the Old City near the Zion Gate.Between 1998 and 2006 the community was known as the Abbey of Hagia Maria Sion, in reference to the basilica of Hagia Sion that stood on thi…