Religious Sites Archives - Page 3 of 25

Mar Saba – دير مار سابا‎ – מנזר מר סבא *

The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, known in Syriac as Mar Saba is the largest monastery in Israel’s Judaean Desert. This Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery lies to the south and west of the capital city ...

Nabi Musa by Air Drone *

Nabi Musa – نبي موسى‎ Israeli and Palestinian Sunni Muslims celebrated at Nabi Musa an annual seven-day long religious festival beginning on the Friday before Good Friday in the old Greek Orthodox calendar. The festival centered on a ...

Rimal, Gaza Synagogue *

This post is wishful thinking that some day Gaza can become a tourist attraction. Rimal is the upper end higher socio-economic neighborhood where surprisingly enough there was once a Jewish ...

Aramaic in Israel

Meet Shadi Khalloul Did you know that there is a revival of Aramaic in Israel. It seems that Maronite Christians in Israel share a common Biblical heritage with Judaism and are ardent ...

Abel Beth Maacah *

Tell Abil el-Qameh Tell Abil el-Qameh is a 100-dunam site, located 4.5 miles west of Tel Dan and 1.2 miles south of Metulla on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. The ...

St. Peter’s Church Tiberias *

St. Peter’s Church Tiberias is Catholic Church which is next to a monastery in Tiberias, a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, in the Lower Galilee, ...

Hamat Tverya National Park *

What is the difference between Hamat Tiberias (Hamat Tverya) and Tiberias (Tverya)? Hamat Tverya National Park is in the ancient village of Hamat. Hamat [not to be confused with Al-Hama] ...

St. Joseph’s Church, Old Nazareth, Israel *

Visit St. Joseph’s Church The major tourist attraction in the Old City of Nazareth in modern-day Israel is the Church of the Annunciation, but remind your tour guide to show ...

Horvat Minya – Horvat Minnim*

Horvat Minya – Horvat Minnim in the Umayyad Period Horvat Minya – Horvat Minnim is the only Umayyad Arabic archaeological site in Israel with remains above the ground. Horvat Minya ...

Al Omari Mosque Tiberias *

Al Omari Mosque Tiberias Daher al-Omar (1689/90 – 21 August 1775) built “The Great Mosque Tiberias” in 1743 in Khan square in the heart of the old city of Tiberias. ...