Charles Glass - The Tribes Triumphant - Return Journey to the Middle East

St Mark’s mother, Mary, lived in the house below the church. That was the legend. If true, it was where St Peter took refuge when the angel helped him out of prison. The church was a museum of Christian legends. ‘In the upper room of the house down [down meant the levels below the church itself], Jesus made the Last Supper,’ she told me, adding another astonishing detail, ‘and, also, the washing of the feet.’ The Virgin Mary, she believed, was baptized here; although the New Testament did not mention her baptism. There were more stories, not all of which I understood.

Sister Yostina said, ‘Jesus sent St Peter and St John. He told them, “You shall enter the city Jerusalem, and you shall see a man carrying a jar.” In those days, only women carry jar. This was the miracle from God. St Mark went and stand and carry a jar. And they follow Him until He reach the house of his mother. So, they prepare for Him the upper room of the house down.’ That was not all. ‘After the cross, the Apostles with the Virgin Mary were afraid. They don’t know where they can go. They are strange in this city, so they turn back to the house of St Mark’s mother. They remain three days, until Jesus appear to them, after He be in this life, after three days.’

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