The Ascension Church

This is a picture of the Russian Orthodox Church of the so-called “White Russians” on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, Helena (255-332), was a Christian who founded several chapels and churches in the countries she traveled to, and so when she came in Jerusalem she founded a chapel on the Mount of Olives. Later a larger church, four stories high was built here, with a modest stone facade, but the chapel is still there. Shaped like a cross, this...