Tourist Attractions
Domus Galilaeae or House of Galilee (Hebrew: בית הגליל),
located on the peak of Mount of Beatitudes, above and north
of Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee, is a modern Christian
meeting place, primarily used for Christian seminars and
conventions.
Run by the Neocatechumenal Way, Domus Galilaeae employs
about 150 persons full time, including lab...
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The Cave of Elijah is a cave in which the biblical Elijah
sought shelter on his journey in the wilderness.
Elijah the Prophet of Yahweh traveled, for 40 days and 40
nights into the Wilderness of Sin, to Mount Horeb, the
original mountain where Moses saw the burning bush and where
the Israelites made a covenant with God. Upon reaching the
Mount...
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Mary’s Well (Arabic: عين العذراء, Ain il-'adra, or "The spring of the Virgin Mary") is reputed to
be located at the site where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and announced that she would bear
the Son of God - an event known as the Annunciation.
Found just below the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in modern-day Nazareth, the well wa...
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Mary's Tomb is a tomb located in the Kidron Valley, on the foothills of Mount of Olives,
near the Church of All Nations and Gethsemane garden, originally just outside Jerusalem.
It is regarded as the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus by most Eastern
Christians (many of whom refer to her as Theotokos)[1][2], in contradistinction to the
H...
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The Mount of Beatitudes refers to the hill in northern Israel where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the
Mount.
Location --
The traditional location for the Mount of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee,
between Capernaum and Gennesaret (Ginosar). The actual location of the Sermon on the Mount is not
certain, but the pres...
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The Tomb of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is marked by one of
Jerusalem`s most venerable churches, located in the Kidron
Valley, which the at the foot of the Mount of Olives near
the Garden of Gethsemane.
Christians built the first house of prayer here 1,500 years
ago over a stone crypt visitors can still see. By Crusader
times the church had b...
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They say once you`ve read the Bible where its events
actually happened, you`ll never be the same. Nowhere is
this truer than on Mount Carmel, at Mukhraka, which means
"burned place," where Elijah faced off against the
prophets of Baal and God sent down fire from Heaven. (I
Kings 18:17-46).
From the Carmelite Monastery roof or along Carmel`s...
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Visitors who enter the Domus Galilaeae center, atop the
Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea of Galilee, can
immediately feel the power of the inscription in the
bright and airy lobby: "The Lord was waiting for you on
this mountain."
Domus Galilaeae was founded by the Neo-Catechumenal Way,
a movement established in the 1960s to lead peopl...
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