Magdala lies 5 kilometers north of Tiberias in the region of Galilee, Israel. At Magdala, a synagogue from the time of the Second Temple was found with a carved stone used a podium for reading the scrolls of the bible.
The Zion Gate, also known as Bab Harat al-Yahud in Arabic and Sha’ar Zion in Hebrew is one of the eight gates in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The church is dedicated to two martyred saints of the same name — St. James the Great, one of the first apostles to follow Jesus, and St. James the Less, believed to be the brother of Jesus, who became the first bishop of Jerusalem.
The Wedding Church at Cana is believed to be the setting of Jesus Christ’s first miracle, where water was transformed into wine during a wedding feast.
At Pool of Bethesda is is believed that Jesus encounters and heals a man who had been ill for 38 years.
Located on the North shore of the Sea of Galilee, the Church of the Multiplication, holds profound significance as the commemorative site of Jesus’ miraculous feeding of the five thousand, making it a cornerstone of Christian pilgrimage.
The Church of the Beatitudes commemorates the location where Jesus Christ delivered his famous Sermon on the Mount, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. The sermon includes the “Beatitudes,” a set of eight blessings that outline a moral code for personal conduct and a blueprint for a life centered around love, peace, and righteousness.
Mount Precipice is where an angry mob, incensed by Jesus’s teachings in the synagogue, attempted to throw him off the cliff. Mount Precipice is located South of Nazareth.
Mount Tabor, reverberating with biblical echoes, is the reputed site of the Transfiguration of Jesus. The Church of the Transfiguration was built as a historical and architectural jewel.