Holy Land Photos

Holy Land PILGRIMAGE
LENT - 2008

Nazareth
EinKarem
Bethlehem
Petra, the Lost City
Mt. Nebo
Jordan River
Jericho
Mount of Temptation
Cana
Sea of Galilee by boat
Capharnaum
Mt. Tabor
Dead Sea
Qumran caves
Bethany
Jerusalem

The Sea of Galilee
Golan Heights on the far shore

Church of the Annunciation
The Word was made flesh HERE

Church of the Visitation
Our Lady travels to the home of St. Elizabeth

EinKarem
Birthplace of St. John the Baptist, precursor of the Messiah

Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity

Shepherd’s Field
“Glory To God in the highest, and peace on earth to men of good will.”

Lost City of Petra
One of the Seven Wonders
of the Ancient World

The Jordan River
Where St. John baptized our Lord

Mt. Nebo
Where Moses surveyed
the Promised Land

Out of the Judean wilderness… …into Jericho

Mount of Temptation

Monastery ofSt. George
Elias’ Cave
Hermit’s cell
Sanctuary

The trail down from the monastery

Cana
The wedding feast, the first miracle:Christ turns water into wine

Across the
Sea of Galilee

Home of St. Peter
Capharnaum
Where Christ began to gather His Apostles

Tabgha, Mensa Christi
Site of the miracle of the loaves and fish, Church of the Primacy

Church of the
Our Father
Church of the Beatitudes
Bethsaida’s
pools of healing

Mt. Tabor
Site of the Transfiguration

The Dead Sea
Qumran Caves: Dead Sea Scrolls

Bethany
Home of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha
Tomb of Lazarus

Jerusalem

Tower of David
Western Wall
Dome of the Rock
Golden Gate

Catholic Church of theDormition of our Lady

The Cenacle
Birthplace of the Church
Upper Room where Christ offered the Last SupperSite of Pentecost

The Church of All Nations (Gethsemane)

House of Caiphas
The Sacred Pit

Via Crucis
3rd Station
Jesus falls the first time
6thStation
Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
8th Station
The women of Jerusalem weep over Jesus
1st Station
Jesus is condemned to death

10th Station
Jesus is stripped of His garments

Diagram of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre

11th Station
Jesus is nailed to the Cross

12th Station
Jesus is raised upon the Cross and dies (Golgotha)

13th Station
Jesus body is taken down from the Cross (Stone of Unction)

14th Station
Jesus is laid in the sepulchre

Church of the Ascension

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