Jerusalem - Mount Zion 
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From here the road runs north to the Dung Gate and northwest to the Zion Gate. Turning left shortly before reaching the Zion Gate and then taking the first street on the right, we come to Mount Zion, with its Jewish, Christian and Muslim shrines. In Herodian times the hill lay within the upper town. Since the fourth century, as is demonstrated by churches built at that time, this has been revered as the place where Christ celebrated the Last Supper with his disciples and instituted the Eucharist (Matthew 26,17-30; Mark 14,12-25; Luke 22,7-20), where the Holy Ghost descended on the apostles at Pentecost (Acts 2), and where - as first affirmed by Patriarch Modestus in the seventh century - the Virgin spent the last years of her life and died.
The tomb of King David has been revered on Mount Zion since the 12th century, though it should rather be looked for in the old City of David on Mount Ophel.
The tomb of King David has been revered on Mount Zion since the 12th century, though it should rather be looked for in the old City of David on Mount Ophel.
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Statue over looking the Grave Yard on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.
Dormition Abbey at Mount Zion.
