Reader's photo essay: Dubai-based expat shares his journey to Jerusalem
Travel photographer Rico X (@adventures_of_rico) shares pictures of his tour in Jerusalem
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The church of all Nations in the Gethsemane Garden in Jerusalem.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
2/22
A mosaic inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
3/22
A mosaic inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
4/22
The Altar of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ right next to the Rock of Calvary in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
5/22
Visitors rub rosemary beads over the Stone of Anointing where Christ’s body was believed to be laid after being removed from the crucifix before his burial.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
6/22
A picture of the shrine known as the Edicule that encloses what is believed to be the tomb of Christ.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
7/22
Inside the tomb, believed to be of the Virgin Mary, in Jerusalem.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
8/22
The tomb believed to be that of the Virgin Mary.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
9/22
A view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
10/22
Two men walk on a Jerusalem street.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
11/22
A crowded Jerusalem street.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
12/22
People walk in the interiors of Jerusalem.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
13/22
People pray at the Western Wall, known in Islam as Al Buraq Wall, in Jerusalem.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
14/22
A man prays at the Western Wall.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
15/22
People gather at the Western Wall.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
16/22
Women offer prayers inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
17/22
The interior of the Church of all Nations in the Gethsemane Garden.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
18/22
A view from outside the walls of Jerusalem.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
19/22
One of the interior streets of the city.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
20/22
The Western Wall estimated to be 60-feet (20 meters) high.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
21/22
A man reads the Torah at the Western Wall.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
22/22
A worshipper reading the Torah at the Western Wall.
Rico X. (Insta: @adventures_of_rico)/Gulf News reader
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