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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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The Benedictine Monastery in Abu Ghosh – St. Mary of the Resurrection Abbey The Benedictine Monastery – St. Mary of the Resurrection Abbey – in Abu Gosh is one of the best ...
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What does Mount Tabor mean to tourists? Author Tamar Orvell summarized his visit to Israel, “In Israel’s Lower Galilee, looms Mount Tabor. Something about this mound of earth at the ...
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Kiryat Ye’arim and the Ark of the Covenant The site of Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant is based on Jewish history. In the Bible, this village is called ...
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Panorama of Ein Karem from the Church of the Visitation The village of Ein Karem in Judaea not far from Jerusalem was mentioned several times in the Bible (Jeremiah 6:1; Nehemiah ...
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Walking up from Ein Karem What is the Church of the Visitation? The Virgin Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, came to visit (Luke 1:39-56) her cousin Elizabeth (Elisheva), who ...
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There are two churches by this name in Ein Karem (officially Ein Kerem). Church of John the Baptist Ba Harim is a Catholic church, in the center of Ein Karem, ...
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