BrOOklyn-JOrusalOm

The Monastery of St Simon “The Tanner” is recent, as are the religious reliefs

Alexander Lagaaij
There are 2 churches, one is under the rocks and indoor, the other is under a different rockface and outdoor.

The funniest part was discovering that above one of the rock churches on the plateau are 2 football fields, where games were being played ⚽️

https://www.samaanchurch.com/en/home

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_the_Tanner (where it says ‘stumble’ in the article, in the church relief it says ‘sin’ – which made me reflect upon the equation of sin with sex and how a lot of religion seems to deal with the disruptive forces of attraction to others, and yes, there are other sins too)
Simon

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