Old City
2022年2月2日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Here is a 1st glance at the Old City of Jerusalem. I will be back visiting this area a number of times while here. So I expect there to be a number of additional posts.
The 1st picture is the Jaffaもっと詳しく
Jerusalem overlook
2022年2月3日, イスラエル ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
For a 1st post from Jerusalem, here's a series of photos taken from the top of the tower at the YMCA Three Arches Hotel. I would have taken a continuous panorama, but the balcony isn't continuous:もっと詳しく
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
2022年2月4日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
This is the traditional site of Jesus'crucifixion, tomb and resurrection. Helena, Constantine's mother, identified this as the site based on oral traditions and information she received. She causedもっと詳しく
Ramallah
2022年2月5日, パレスチナ ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Ramallah is a small city not far from Jerusalem that serves as the administrative capital of the Palestinian Authority. It is said that the Mediterranean is visible from here, but not today in theもっと詳しく
Jericho
2022年2月5日, パレスチナ ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Jericho has several important distinctions. It is acknowledged as the oldest city in the world, dating back 11,000 years. It has the oldest city or protective wall. That's the one Joshua and companyもっと詳しく
Grotto of the Nativity, Bethlehem
2022年2月5日, パレスチナ ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
This cave is the site traditionally held to be the place of Jesus' birth. It is the oldest extant site of Christian worship, predating even Helena's visit, it seems.
The 1st picture is of the grottoもっと詳しく
Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
2022年2月5日, パレスチナ ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
The Church of the Nativity is built upon the cave or grotto that is the traditional site of Jesus' birth (see another post). The original basilica was built by Constantine in the 4th century on theもっと詳しく
Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs
2022年2月6日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
This is the site of the cave Abraham bought from the Hittites to use as a tomb for his wife Sarah. Later he was buried here by his sons Isaac and Ishmael. Also Isaac and his wife Rebecca plus theirもっと詳しく
Hebron
2022年2月6日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Hebron is the 2nd holiest site in Judaism after Jerusalem and 1 of the 4 holy cities of Islam. This is where Abraham settled and purchased the caves that are now known as the tombs of the biblicalもっと詳しく
Bethlehem and Beit Sahour
2022年2月8日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A look at Bethlehem beyond the Church of the Nativity, and at Beit Sahour, the smaller town adjacent to Bethlehem.
There is more to Bethlehem than just the famous church celebrating the birth ofもっと詳しく
Mount of Olives
2022年2月9日, パレスチナ ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
The Mount of Olives is a ridge east of Jerusalem that overlooks the location of the Temple. It is so called because olive groves covered much of the ridge in ancient times. A bit farther to the eastもっと詳しく
Gethsemane
2022年2月11日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
The garden at the foot of the Mount if Olives, across the Kidron Valley from where the temple once stood. This is where Jesus prayed on the night after the last supper and before the crucifixion.
Theもっと詳しく
Masada
2022年2月14日, イスラエル ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Masada is the ancient fortress built by Herod the Great, more than 2,000 years ago. This was his place of safety, located on top of a high geological feature with only difficult access. The site isもっと詳しく
Qumran
2022年2月14日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Qumran is a name familiar to many as the place where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered. Less familiar, perhaps, is the community that lived there, produced the scrolls and ultimately hid them inもっと詳しく
En Kerem The Church of the Visitation
2022年2月15日, イスラエル ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
En Kerem is the village where Zechariah and Elizabeth lived. Elizabeth was Mary's cousin and mother of John the Baptist. This is where Mary went to visit her cousin. The church is built on theもっと詳しく
Yad VaShem
2022年2月15日, イスラエル ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Yad VaShem is the Israeli Holocaust memorial. They allow pictures only outdoors. So the bulk of what is here is off limits to the camera.
The 1st picture is at the start of the site. The 2nd pictureもっと詳しく
Bet She'an
2022年2月17日, イスラエル ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Bet She'an is an historically important city due to its location where the Jezreel and Jordan valleys meet. It is also along one of the best east-west caravan routes connecting the Kings Highway (theもっと詳しく
The Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth
2022年2月17日, イスラエル ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
This is the church on the site where one tradition holds that the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, telling her that she was to be pregnant and carry Jesus. Similarly, tradition says that this is theもっと詳しく
Tzfat
2022年2月17日, イスラエル ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Tzfat or Safed is a small town in the upper Galilee. It is at the highest elevation of any city in Israel. Over time it developed a wool and textile industry and became a center for the Kabalah orもっと詳しく
The Mount of the Beatitudes
2022年2月18日, イスラエル ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
This is a memorial on the hill where Jesus is believed to have given the sermon on the mount. The site is likely up the hill from where Jesus taught. As far back as the 4th century, a small Byzantineもっと詳しく
Taghba, the Church of the Multiplication
2022年2月18日, イスラエル ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
This is the site tradition says where the multiplication of the loaves and fish took place. It is also the village where the Jesus' 4th resurrection appearance occurred (see the Church of the Primacyもっと詳しく
Taghba, The Church of the Primacy
2022年2月18日, イスラエル ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Almost next door to the Church if the Multiplication is the Church of the Primacy of Peter. This is understood to be where Jesus appeared to the disciples for the 4th time. This is where Jesus cookedもっと詳しく
Capernaum
2022年2月18日, イスラエル ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Capernaum, located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee was understood to be the base from where Jesus ministered. There are many events in his life that occurred here, including teaching inもっと詳しく
Magdala
2022年2月18日, イスラエル ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The modern municipality of Migdal dates to the early 20th century and is located at the site of the town of Magdala that dates to the 2nd temple period. Many consider this to be the birthplace of Maryもっと詳しく
The Golan Heights
2022年2月18日, シリア ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
The Golan Heights is a plateau east to northeast of the Sea of Galilee. It was captured from Syria in the 1967 war and officially annexed to Israel in 1981. The Golan continues northwest to Mountもっと詳しく








































































































































