odox ▁Church ▁tradition , ▁G eth sem ane ▁is ▁the ▁garden ▁where ▁the ▁Virgin ▁Mary ▁was ▁buried ▁and ▁was ▁assumed ▁into ▁heaven ▁after ▁her ▁d orm ition ▁on ▁Mount ▁Z ion . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁Garden ▁of ▁G eth sem ane ▁became ▁a ▁foc al ▁site ▁for ▁early ▁Christian ▁pil gr ims . ▁It ▁was ▁visited ▁in ▁ 3 3 3 ▁by ▁the ▁anonymous ▁" P il gr im ▁of ▁Bor de aux ", ▁whose ▁It iner arium ▁Bur dig al ense ▁is ▁the ▁earliest ▁description ▁left ▁by ▁a ▁Christian ▁travel er ▁in ▁the ▁Holy ▁Land . ▁In ▁his ▁On om ast icon , ▁E use b ius ▁of ▁Ca es area ▁notes ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁G eth sem ane ▁located ▁" at ▁the ▁foot ▁of ▁the ▁Mount ▁of ▁Ol ives ", ▁and ▁he ▁adds ▁that ▁" the ▁faithful ▁were ▁acc ustom ed ▁to ▁go ▁there ▁to ▁pray ". ▁ ▁E ight ▁ancient ▁o live ▁trees ▁growing ▁in ▁the ▁Latin ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁garden ▁may ▁be ▁ 9 0 0 ▁years ▁old ▁( see ▁). ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 8 1 ▁Cro at ian ▁kn ights ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Order ▁of ▁Jerusalem , ▁Paul , ▁Ant un ▁and ▁James ▁bought ▁the ▁G eth sem ane ▁Garden ▁and ▁don ated ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁Francis can ▁community , ▁which ▁own s ▁it ▁to ▁this ▁day . ▁A ▁three - dimensional ▁plate ▁on ▁the ▁right ▁side ▁next ▁to ▁the ▁entrance ▁to ▁the ▁garden ▁describes ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁gift ▁to ▁the ▁community . ▁