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Монастырь кармелитов "Стелла Марис"

 источник:   http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/CarmeliteMonastery.html

 

(a) Entrance

 

   The photo below shows the western side of the Monastery, which faces the sea. Between the palm trees are two monuments - in memory of the 1799 slaughter and the Acre campaign. Behind them, after a number of steps, is the entrance to the church.

 

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   The western side of the monastery, with the entrance to the church. The rectangular structure is three stories high, 60M by 36M, and was completed in 1836.

 

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   Above the entrance is the seal of the Carmelites.  On the top side of the  symbol is a sword that is held by the arm of Elijah, stretching out from a crown, and a Latin Biblical text  (1 Kings 19:10): "...I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts".

 

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The floor before the church is seen in the photo below: "Ave Maris Stella".

 

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(b) The Church

 

   The raised altar on the east side is seen in the photo below, with the statue of Saint Mary holding infant Jesus.  Around the hall are two verses from the Bible (Song of Solomon 7:5: "Thine head upon thee is like Carmel";  Isaiah 35:2: "the Excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the Excellency of our God").

 

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The panel on the north side.

 

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   The ceiling is beautifully decorated with scenes of Elijah lifting up to heaven on a chariot of fire and horses, David playing on a harp, prophets Daniel, Ezekiel and Isaiah, the Holy family and the founders of the Carmelite order.

 

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   A detail of a glass window on the north side shows the scene from 2 Kings 2, depicting the departure of Elijah on a chariot of fire, while Elisha is observing from the Jordan river and picking up his mantle.

 

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(c) The Cave under the altar

 

   On the east side is a small  cave where, according to Carmelite tradition, Elijah has stayed. The inscription reads: "Hanc aliquando speluncam incoluit Maguns illa Prophetarum  Dux et Pater Elias Thesbites", which is in Latin for "in this cave stayed occasionally the great leader and father of the prophets - Elijah the Tishbite".  The small cave is about 3M by 5M.

 

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 On the floor before the cave are three markers that commemorate the founders of the Cramelite order -  Berthold, St. Brocardus and Prosper.

 

  Inside the cave,  behind the pair of marble columns, is a table where dozens of candles light up, and a stone altar is in the center.

 

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On top of the marble table is a statue of Elijah.  According to tradition, the stone was the bedrock on which Elijah has slept.

 

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   According to a late Jewish tradition, this is the cave and tomb of Elisha, Elijah's follower and prophet, who also resided in the Carmel (2 Kings 2: 25"And he went from thence to mount Carmel..."). Another tradition locates his tomb in Samaria, the capital of the Northern Israelite Kingdom.

 

(d) The West side exterior

 

   A small pyramid-shaped memorial stone, with an iron cross on top of it, reads a Biblical text in Latin:  (2 Samuel 1: 27) "How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!". It was erected in memory of the 200 French soldiers that were butchered here in 1799 by the Ottomans. Their bones were later collected (1804)  and buried in the garden (1827), under the stone.

 

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