Place

Summer

(April-September)

Winter

(October-March)

Armenian Cathedral of St. James

Mon – Fri & Sun: 6:30 – 7:30

Sat: 6:30 – 9:30

Daily: 15:00 – 15:40

Mon – Fri & Sun: 6:30 – 7:30

Sat: 6:30 – 9:30

Daily: 15:00 – 15:40

Ascension Mosque

Mount of Olives

Entrance: 5 NIS

8:00 – 17:00

8:00 – 17:00

Auguste Victoria

Lutheran Ascension Tower

Mount of Olives

Entrance: 5 NIS

8:00 – 13:00

Sunday closed

Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday:

 8:30 – 13:00

Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday closed

8:00 – 13:00

Sunday closed

Closed on:

24th – 26th December

Austrian Hospice

Open to visitors from 10.00 daily

Open to visitors from 10.00 daily

Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher

April – August: 5:00 – 21:00

September: 5:00 – 20:30

Overnight Vigil

October: 5:00 – 20:00

(until the end of Summertime)

End of October – February: 4:00 – 19:00

March: 4:00 – 19:30

(until the beginning of Summertime)

 Then 5:00 – 20:30

Overnight Vigil

Special opening hours:

Christmas day (25/12): 8:00 – 19:00

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord: (2/2) 8:00 – 19:00

Catholic Holy Thursday:

The Basilica closes after the service at 11:00 (or 12:00)

Catholic Good Friday:

The Basilica closes briefly at 7:00 (or 8:00) and remains closed for the rest of the day

Orthodox Good Friday:

 8:45 (or 9:45) – 20:00 (or 21:00)

Orthodox Holy Saturday:

closed until the end of the Holy Fire ceremony (15:00 or 16:00)

 then open until Easter Sunday evening

Bethany - Church of St. Lazarus

8:00 – 18:00

8:00 – 17:00

Bethfage

8:00 – 12:00

14:00 – 17:00

8:00 – 12:00

14:00 – 16:30

Catholic Cemetery

(Oskar Schindler's Grave)

8:00 – 16:00

Closed on Sundays and catholic feasts

8:00 – 16:00

Closed on Sundays and catholic feasts

Cenacle

Last Supper Room

8.00 – 18.00

On Yom Kippur closed

8.00 – 18.00

On Yom Kippur closed

Cenacolino

 (Franciscan Cenacle)

8:00 – 12:00

 14:30 – 17:00

8:00 – 12:00

14:30 – 17:00

Christ Church Museum

9.30 – 17.00

9.30 – 17.00

Christian Information Center

Mon – Fri: 9.00 – 17.30

Sat: 9.00 – 12.30

Sundays and on catholic feasts closed

Mon – Fri: 9.00 – 17.30

Sat: 9.00 – 12.30

Sundays and on catholic feasts closed

Dominus Flevit

8:00 – 12:00

14:00 – 18:00

8:00 – 11:45

14:00 – 17:00

Dormition Abbey - Mount Zion

Information for guides:

If you would like to have exact information

about changes in the opening hours

and special events send your contact to

pforte@dormitio.net

For requests for pilgrim masses

contact the church one week in advance

by e-mail or by fax: 02-57655331

Mon – Sat 9:00 – 17:30

 (The Cafeteria closes at 17.00)

Sun 11:30 – 17:30

(The Cafeteria closes at 17.00)

Holy Thursday: 8:30 – 12:00 and 12:40 – 17:30

Good Friday: 8:00 – 14:00

Closed for the afternoon

Holy Saturday: 8:30 – 12:00 and 12:40 – 17:30

Easter Sunday: 12:30 – 17:30

Mon – Sat: 9:00 – 17:30

(The Cafeteria closes at 17.00.)

Sun 11:30 – 17:30

(The Cafeteria closes at 17.00)

Ecce Homo - Lithostrotos

Entrance: 9 NIS; 6 NIS students

8:00 – 17:00

Good Friday for prayer only

8:00 – 17:00

Ein Kerem

Gorinsky Convent

(Entrance from Hadassah Gate only)

10:00 – 13:00

15:30 – 18:00

closed on Sundays and Orthodox Christian holidays

10:00 – 12:00

15:00 – 17:00

closed on Sundays and Orthodox Christian holidays

Ein Kerem,

St. John's Church

8:00 –17:45

Yom Kippur closed

The church is under renovation.

8:00 – 16:45

Yom Kippur closed

The church is under renovation.

Ein Kerem,

St. John's in the Desert

8:00 – 17:00

Yom Kippur closed

8:00 – 17:00

Yom Kippur closed

Ein Kerem,

Visitation Church

8:00 – 18:00

The Upper Basilica is closed from 11:45 to 14:30.

Yom Kippur closed

8:00 – 17:00

The Upper Basilica is closed from 11:45 to 14:30.

Yom Kippur closed

Flagellation Church,

Via Dolorosa

8:00 – 18:00

8:00 – 17:00

Franciscan Bookshop

Mon – Fri: 9:00 – 17:30

Sat: 9:00 – 12:30

Sunday closed

Easter Tridum closed

Mon – Fri: 9:00 – 17:30

Sat: 9:00 – 12:30

Sunday closed

24th December 9:00 – 12.00;

25th, 26th December,

1st, 6th January closed

Garden Tomb

8:30 – 12:00

14:00 – 17:15

Sunday closed

Visits of groups must be reserved

8:30 – 12:00

14:00 – 17:15

Sunday closed

Visits of groups must be reserved

Closed on Christmas Day (25/12)

Gethsemane Basilica

8:00 – 18:00

8:00 – 17:00

Gethsemane Grotto

8:00 – 12:00

14:30 – 18:00

8:00 – 12:00

14:30 – 17:00

Holy Trinity Church

Russian Compound

Tue – Thu: 9:00 – 13:00

15:00 – 18:00

Fri 9:00 – 13:00

Sat: 7:30 – 12:00

16:30 – 19:30

Sun: 8:30 – 13:00

Mondays and Yom Kippur closed

Tue – Thu: 9:00 – 13:00

15:00 – 18:00

Fri: 9:00 – 13:00

Sat: 7:30 – 12:00

16:30 – 19:30

Sun: 8:30 – 13:00

Mondays and Yom Kippur closed

Lutheran Church of the Redeemer

Entrance: 15 NIS (tower and museum)

10:00 – 17:00

Sunday closed

Holy Thursday open till 12:00

Closed from Good Friday to Easter Monday

Closed on Yom Kippur

10:00 – 17:00

Sunday closed

Closed on 25th, 26th December,

 1st, 6th January

Closed on Yom Kippur

Monastery of the Cross

10:00 – 17:00

Sundays and Yom Kippur closed

Visits of groups must be reserved

10:00 – 16:00

Sundays and Yom Kippur closed

Visits of groups must be reserved

Museum Terra Sancta

Convent of the Flagellation

Entrance: 15 NIS

9:00 – 18:00

9:00 – 17:00

Multimedia Exhibition of Via Dolorosa

Convent of the Flagellation

Entrance: 15 NIS

9:00 – 18:00

9:00 – 17:00

Pater Noster Church "Eleona"

 Mt. of Olives

Entrance: 10 NIS; students 8 NIS

8:00 – 12:00

14:00 – 17:00

Closed on Sundays & Good Friday afternoon

8:00 – 12:00

14:00 – 17:00

Closed on Sundays, Christmas & New Year Day

Russian Ascension Church

Mount of Olives

Mon – Sat: 8:00 – 20:00

Sun: 16:30 – 20:00

Mon – Sat: 8:00 – 20:00

Sun: 16:30 – 20:00

St. Alexander's Church

(Judgement Gate)

Entrance: 5 NIS

9:00 – 18:00

9:00 – 18:00

St. Anne's Basilica & Pools of Bethesda

Entrance: 10 NIS; students 8 NIS

8:00– 12:00

14:00– 18:00

Sunday only till 17:00

8th September visits only in the afternoon

8:00 – 12:00

14:00 – 17:00

8th December visits only in the afternoon

St. Mark's Syrian Church

9:00 – 17:00

Sun: 11:00 – 16:00

9:00 – 16:00

Sunday 11:00 – 16:00

St. Mary Magdalene

Tuesday & Thursday

10:00 – 12:00

Tuesday & Thursday

10:00 – 12:00

St. Onuphrius Monastery

(Hakeldama)

Tuesday & Thursday

9:00 – 12:00

15:00 – 18:00

Closed on Orthodox Feasts

Visits of groups must be reserved

Tuesday & Thursday

9:00 – 12:00

15:00 – 17:00

Closed on Orthodox feasts

Visits of groups must be reserved

St. Peter in Gallicantu

Entrance: 10 NIS

8:30 – 17:00

Sundays closed

Good Friday shop and cafeteria closed

8:30 – 17:00

Sundays closed

25th December, 1st January closed

St. Stephen's Basilica

Ring the bell

Ring the bell

Tomb of Mary

5:00 – 13:00

 14:30 – 18:00

6:00 – 12:00

14:30 – 17:00

Tomb of the Prophets

Mount of Olives

Mon – Thu: 9:00 – 15:00

Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays closed

Mon – Thu: 9:00 – 15:00

Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays closed