House of the Virgin Mary in Turkey

History has always fascinated me. Here's a bit of history that could be fascinating to you as well. It's the house that the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, used to live after His crucifixion in Calvary.

WHEN Jesus was on the cross at Calvary, he turned to his youngest Apostle and asked him to look after his mother Mary, the Bible says. But the book remains largely silent about what happened to her after that.

It is believed, however, that John the Evangelist, as the Apostle came to be known, quietly spirited her away to what is modern-day Turkey.

High on a hill slope outside the town of Ephesus he built her a simple stone house where she stayed secretly. Those were dangerous times for Christians. The Romans held Ephesus and they were responsible for crucifying Jesus.

Visitors light candles and place them in glass-shielded stands.

The wishing wall full of wishes on paper

The outdoor area where mass is held every Sunday

Continue reading House of the Virgin Mary in Turkey.. The Star

All images are borrowed from The Star

MotoGP horror at Sepang circuit / Turkey earthquake

Just one week after the horrific crash and death of Dan Wheldon in the IndyCar championship's finale in Las Vegas, we have another fatality in a motor sport. This time, it is on our own shores.

From The Star..
SEPANG: The world of motorsports was rocked when Italian MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli was killed following a horrific crash at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix here.

The 24-year-old Gresini Honda team rider's machine veered across the track on the second lap of the race that started at 4pm yesterday and into the path of his compatriot Valentino Rossi of Ducati and American Colin Edwards of Yamaha.

It is the first fatal crash at the Sepang International Circuit since it opened in 1999.
More..

Italian MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli lying motionless on the ground after the crash at the Sepang International Circuit on Sunday.

Seems like the world is never short of bad news. Over the weekend too, Turkey was struck by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that saw more than two hundread dead and hundreds more missing. Turkey sits atop a fault line separating three tectonic plates, the Eurasian Plate, the African Plate and the Arabian Plate.

The quake struck at 1041 GMT.



Source: The Star

Visit Turkey

Why you should visit Turkey.