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Location
1. The Chapel of Ascension sits at one of the highest places on the Mount of Olives and is the main candidate for where the ascension of Christ took place.
2. A couple of other sites have been considered as the location of the Ascension of Christ back to heaven. One is the Russian Orthodox Church of the Ascension, and the other is the Pater Noster Church.
3. All these churches are within a stone's throw of each other on the top of the Mount of Olives, so we're right in the area where this monumental event happened.

Historical Background
1. Early Christians soon memorialized this place after Christ’s resurrection.
2. In 384 AD, a pilgrim named Egeria found two footprints embedded in a rock that she claimed were those of Christ when He ascended to heaven.
3. Constantine's mother, Helena, had a church built here at the end of the 4th Century as a memorial chapel.
4. This chapel was rebuilt in the 7th Century.
5. It was rebuilt by the Crusaders again around 1100 AD.
6. In 1198 AD, the chapel was destroyed by Saladin under Ottoman Muslim conquest, and a mosque was built on its site. However, part of the original chapel was left intact. The bases of the columns can be seen today.
7. At this time, since the chapel was primarily used by Christians, a mosque was built during the Ottoman period on the south side of the compound, and the chapel was converted into a Muslim shrine.
8. Today, both Christians and Muslims visit this place, and it’s open to all.
9. Because it’s the highest place on the Mount of Olives, it’s the believed place from where