Show CHRISTIAN CHURCH DUG FROM RUINS White Fathers of Jerusalem Uncover Ancient Edifice on Mount of Olives Jerusalem Nov 11 Recent excavations on the of at the Mount of at Olives Oliver In the grounds of or the Cannel ito Convent Conven of ot the Paternoster have revealed the remains of ot an extremely ancient Christian church The excavations are being carried out by the Greek Catholic Order of ot the White Fathers of Jerusalem and the remains found they believe to be those of ot one ono of the three first Chris Christian Christian Christian tian churches built in the Holy Land Landby Landby Landby by St at Helena Helona mother of ot the tho Emperor Constantino the others being the tile Church of ot the Nativity at Bethlehem and the Church of ot the Holy Sepulcher The walls first discovered indicated II a church measuring some Bome feet teet from the western entrance to the apse The floor of or the nave IB Js still burled buried but that of ot the transepts has bas been entirely exposed It is of ot mo mosaic mosaic sale work perfectly preserved In Inthe Inthe Inthe the south transept is a baptismal pool or trough and the walls show signs of ot ancient paintings In the north transept some shafts of or columns have been found and also two or three tombs containing bones One tombstone bears the name The quite legibly Inscribed Jn In Greek characters But still atm more interesting is the dis discovery discovery discovery covery in the chancel of two separate mosaic floorings of different designs the on ono one some two feet feat six Inches above the other It is Js tue the lower floor which is considered to ha be that of ot St S1 church thi thU from tram about A D The second floor may be bo that of ot a restoration of the th church by the Crusaders The site of ot this ancient church may be taken as that fixed by the oldest tradition as to where Christ taught tau ht His disciples how to pray |