The Consul General of France in Jerusalem, PIERRE COCHARD, visits the crypt beneath the Church of Saint Anne as part of a tour of French assets in Jerusalem. The church is a Roman Catholic church under the leadership of the White Fathers, located at the start of the Via Dolorosa near the Lions' Gate in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Traditionally the home of Anne and Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary, the church was built over a crypt believed to be Mary’s birthplace.
The Consul General of France in Jerusalem, Pierre Cochard, visits the Church of Saint Anne as part of a tour of French assets in Jerusalem. The church is a Roman Catholic church under the leadership of the White Fathers, located at the start of the Via Dolorosa near the Lions' Gate in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Traditionally the home of Anne and Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary, the church was built over a crypt believed to be Mary’s birthplace.
The Consul General of France in Jerusalem, PIERRE COCHARD, visits the Church of Saint Anne as part of a tour of French assets in Jerusalem. The church is a Roman Catholic church under the leadership of the White Fathers, located at the start of the Via Dolorosa near the Lions' Gate in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Traditionally the home of Anne and Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary, the church was built over a crypt believed to be Mary’s birthplace.
