Merry Christmas from Mount Zion!
Celebrating Christmas Eve at the Dormition Abbey
This was the fourth year in a row that the dedicated volunteers from Window to Mount Zion were at the Dormition Abbey’s Christmas Eve Mass – in their telltale yellow vests – to explain and help guide visitors through the ceremony.
Look for the volunteers in their yellow vests
In this way they were able to help the monks host hundreds of Israelis and foreign tourists for the wonderful ceremony that took place in three languages and was adapted for the visitors.
Helping the many visitors enjoy Christmas Eve Mass
Volunteers also helped the police in ensuring that the ceremony took place calmly, without a hitch, enabling that cooperation that we’ve built among the different faiths and neighbors on Mount Zion to continue.
No incidents for four years
Many thanks to Father Daniel, from the Dormition Abbey, to the local policemen who covered the event, and to the many volunteers!
Here’s the Hebrew Facebook post from Window to Mount Zion:
