Paragraph:
IX, 3-9; X, 23-25
Translation:
There too is the Mount of Olives where he was taken up. Columns stand in a circle. and in the middle is an altar, with, on the outside, a peristyle of marble with columns. And to the east of the columns, not far away, is an apse, and there an altar stands where the Patriarch performs the service on the day of the Feast of the Ascension.
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Not far to the north of the Place of Teaching is a church, in the middle of which is the stone where Christ stood when he was taken up, and it is called the Holy Stone.
(transl. Wilkinson)
Bibliografical ref.:
| Bibliography | Pages |
|---|---|
555, no. 23 |
Summary:
Mentions of the church and the feast of the Ascension, from an 8th cent. guidebook for pilgrims.
Wilkinson, pp. 333-334, following Milik, identifies "the Place of Teaching" (Didaskalion) with the Eleona on Mount Olivet, now destroyed.