Illegal church-built tunnel on Mount Zion concealed by the city The secret tunnel built by the Abbey of the Dormition measures over 100 meters and infringes on public lands and archaeological remains.

View of Dormition Abbey from a Mount Zion rooftop (photo: ... Mary’s crypt was said to be here, and Dormition Abbey was built over the 14th-century church believed to house it.

Roman Catholic authorities here expect the Vatican to issue a “papal dogma” raising the status of the Church of the Dormition on Mount Zion, which is still occupied by the Israel Army to a ...