The Garden of Gethsemane, situated at the base of the Mount of Olives overlooking the Kidron Valley and Al-Aqsa Mosque, derives its name from the Aramaic term meaning "oil press." It was here that Jesus Christ prayed before his betrayal, where Judas Iscariot kissed and betrayed him, leading to his arrest by Pilate. The orchard spans approximately seven hundred square meters and today houses some of the oldest perennial olive trees in existence, with the oldest estimated to be several hundred or possibly thousands of years old.