Welcoming Bells for Greek Orthodox

Turn the volume to MAXIMUM to get a good taste of the bells. You could not talk and be heard in the courtyard when the bells were ringing.

The bells of Jerusalem churches ring at appropriate times in the services. (Except for one church, it always rings at 12 noon like clockwork: the Germans.) Here are the bells that usher in the Greek Orthodox delegation. The red capped one is a Turkish guard. Originally assigned by the Ottoman empire for protection of the church leaders, this office has been passed down to family members for generations. The guard bangs his staff on the floor to make a way through the crowd for the officials.