VISITATION OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS TO SAINT ELIZABETH The Feast of the Visitation of the Mother of God to the Hill Country of Judea is celebrated annually only at the Gorny Convent, part of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. The monastery is situated in Ein Karem—the very hill country where the Gospel recounts the meeting between St Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, and the Mother of God (Luke 1:39–55). The feast is observed on April 12 (New Calendar), unless that date