The Dominus Flevit Church is located where, according to the Gospel of Saint, Luke Jesus wept over the fate of Jerusalem. The temple was built in the mid-twentieth century, on the site of an earlier building. It has the shape of an inverted tear. Inside there is a mosaic from the 5th century.
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, he stopped on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, from which one could see the city's panorama. It was dominated by the building of the Temple. According to the Gospel of Jesus, he was touched by this view and wept over it, while predicting the destruction of the Temple. Until the fifth century, this place was not marked. Probably then the first chapel was built. It was destroyed during the crusades. In the nineteenth century, after the creation of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the plot was bought by Franciscans. However, the chapel was not built until 1955.
It is a small stone structure with an inverted tear shape. It refers to the name of the church, which in Latin means "the Lord cried". The church's presbytery is directed towards Jerusalem. The altar is decorated with modern mosaics with Eucharistic motifs. The floor is covered with Byzantine mosaic with floral and geometric motifs. A crypt from the 2nd century AD was discovered under the church
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