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Jordan River
Excerpt: Israel/Jordan The Jordan River runs through the land and history of the Bible, giving its waters a spiritual significance that sets it aside from other rivers. The Jordan is significant for Jews because the tribes of Israel under Joshua crossed the river on dry ground to enter the Promised Land after years of wandering in […]
A Holy Land hymn
Excerpt: “In the Land where Jesus walked” is a modern Christian hymn about places in the Holy Land where events in the life of Jesus took place. The words are by Pat McCarthy and the music by Robert Loretz, developed from an ancient Jewish folk melody. Watch a choral performance below: See the musical arrangement here. […]
Holy Land Android App
Excerpt: The Holy Land mobile app gives you an offline guide to 110 sacred sites and places of general interest in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt, with GPS and Google maps (data required). Available for Android devices only. Download for free here (31MB, zip).
Jerash
Excerpt: Jordan Jerash, one of the largest and best-preserved Roman cities in the Middle East, lies in a broad valley among the biblical mountains of Gilead, about 50 kilometres north of the Jordanian capital, Amman. Under the name of Gerasa, it was one of the 10 cities of the Decapolis. This league of Greek cities, […]
Church of St Alexander Nevsky
Excerpt: Jerusalem Remnants of the emperor Constantine’s original 4th-century Holy Sepulchre church can be seen inside a Russian Orthodox church that is a next-door neighbour of the present Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Church of St Alexander Nevsky — named after a 13th-century Russian warrior-prince — is often overlooked because its façade resembles an elegant […]
Kathisma
Excerpt: Israel Midway between Jerusalem and Bethlehem lie the largely ignored remains of one of the Holy Land’s biggest churches — and probably the first of them dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The Kathisma church was built around a rock where early Christian tradition says that Mary rested while on her way with Joseph from […]
Monastery of St Gerasimus
Excerpt: West Bank The Monastery of St Gerasimus, one of the earliest of the 70-plus monasteries in the Judaean desert, is named in honour of a pioneering monk who is usually depicted with a pet lion. A verdant and welcoming oasis in the arid lower Jordan Valley, it is on the east side of highway 90 […]