Pater Noster Church (Eleona): Location of the Lord's Prayer, End Times Message, Ascension to Heaven!

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Pater Noster Church, originally called "Eleona," is where Jesus taught about the Lord's Prayer, end time events, and where it's believed He ascended back to heaven. Take a tour of this place and learn how to pray and walk with God in this video.

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Contents:
0:00 - Intro
2:03 - Overview of What We'll See
2:31 - Historical Background Tour
6:39 - Walk Through the Olive Grove Tour
11:07 - Jesus' Teaching on End Times (Matthew 24)
13:52 - A Look at the Lord's Prayer
21-30 - Faith Lesson for Us Today

Location
1. The Church of Pater Noster is located on the top of the Mount of Olives, just below the Chapel of the Ascension.
2. It was first named the Church of Eleona, which means "olive grove." Then, later, in around 1100 AD, its name was changed by the Crusaders to Pater Noster Church, which means "Our Father" because it refers to the beginning of the Lord's Prayer.
3. It is part of a Carmelite Monastery, also known as the Sanctuary of the Eleona (Greek for olive grove).
4. It is the believed place where Christ taught about the Lord's Prayer, gave the Olivet Discourse as found in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, and ascended back to heaven as found in Acts 1:9-11.
5. The location of the ascension of Christ to heaven was moved to the top of the Mount of Olives (where the Chapel of Ascension is located today) in the 4th century as it was the believed site it actually took place.

Historical Background
1. Pater Noster means “Our Father” in Latin.
2. Soon after Christ ascended back to heaven, early Christians venerated this site because of its significance.
3. Writing around 318 AD, Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, talked about this site.
4. Around 330 AD, a church was commissioned and built by Constantine on the site marked by Helena, the mother of Constantine. It was one of the numerous churches constructed by Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor.
5. The Byzantine church was built over a cave, which according to tradition, was the place Jesus taught his disciples how to pray.
6. The Persians destroyed the church in 614 AD, but the memory of Jesus’ teaching continued to be associated with it. Some of the Byzantine church remains can be seen in the backyard outside of the present courtyard.
7. When the Crusaders arrived, the site was associated specifically with the Lord's Prayer, so the Crusaders rebuilt part of the church in 1099.
8. In 1851, the remaining stones of the 4th-century church were sold for tombstones in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Kidron Valley).
9. The site was acquired by Princess Aurelia Bossi de la Tour d'Auvergne (1809–1889) in the second half of the 19th century, and a search for the cave mentioned by early pilgrims began. In 1868, she built a cloister and founded a Carmelite convent in 1872. A convent church was erected in the 1870s.
10. In 1910, the foundations of the ancient church that once stood over the venerated cave were finally found, partly stretching beneath the modern cloister. The convent was moved nearby, and reconstruction of the Byzantine church began in 1915. The half-restored church has the exact dimensions as the original, and the garden outside the three doors outlines the open-aired area.
11. The reconstruction was stopped in 1927 when funds ran out, and the renewed Church of Eleona remains unfinished. The French architect Marcel Favier, who was put in charge of rebuilding the ancient church, arrived in Jerusalem in September 1926.
12. The tomb Princess Aurelia Bossi prepared for herself during her lifetime stands at the entrance of the modern church. She died in Florence in 1889, and her remains were brought to the church in 1957, according to her last wish.
13. The current church is overseen by the Carmelite Cloistered Sisters.
14. It is very likely that Jesus prayed in this vicinity because He had just visited Mary, Martha, and Lazarus’ house in Bethany, a short distance away.
15. Jesus also regularly prayed on mountaintops, so the top of the Mount of Olives would be a natural fit.

Places of Interest
1. The church has 140 large ceramic plaques containing the Lord’s Prayer in many languages.
2. The cave where it is believed Jesus taught about prayer is in an enclosed courtyard in front of the church and down a few stairs. The cave was partially collapsed when discovered in 1910.
3. To the left of the church's south door is an area paved with mosaics and identified as a baptistery.
4. The backyard of the church is where the original Byzantine church was located.
5. The apse of the Byzantine Church can be seen today.
6. Bethany, the town of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.
7. Top of the Mount of Olives
8. Chapel of the Ascension
9. Old City Jerusalem