| | Dominus Flevit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Located on the Mount of Olives and immediately facing the Old City’s magnificent panorama is a sanctuary called Dominus Flevit, which literally means, in Latin, “the Lord wept.” To symbolize what occurred on near this site, the sanctuary was fashioned in what the architect envisaged as a teardrop. |
 | | On the tiles is a Greek inscription which mentions the follower Simon, who “decorated this place of prayer in honor of Jesus.” The slab which was the top of the Byzantine altar, perhaps found by archeologists at the site and brought to the church, sits on top of the mosaic tiles. |
 | | While from the crest of the mountain Dominus Flevit’s intriguingly abstract exterior appears to be the top of a large and impressive edifice, the church is actually quite small. |
| www.patg.org /Sites/dominus_flevit.htm (575 words) |