In a land of grand churches and basilicas, the Chapel of the Ascension in Jerusalem is an anomaly. By 2 p.m., they were cleared from the path, and officials from the Greek Orthodox Church made their entrance. In his autobiography, Ignatius recounts the story of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in September 1523, shortly after his conversion. The Christians of the Holy Land, already a minority, find themselves in crisis. He notes that the Christians in the Holy Land, rooted in their history, still have an awareness of being one church in the beginning.