Israel named its attack on Iran operation ’Rising Lion’, drawing reference to a biblical verse that vows a powerful future ...

The Latin church is located a couple of kilometers from the identified site of the baptism of Jesus and has its own access to the Jordan River. Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista ...

following Jordan's peace treaty with Israel, excavations began on the east bank of the Jordan River and uncovered the baptism site. In 2030, Christians will celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of Jesus' ...

The officially recognized baptism site ... to have baptized Jesus. The New Testament of the Bible says the event took place on the eastern bank of the Jordan River, known as Bethany Beyond the ...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III participates in a baptism ceremony at the Jordan River to celebrate Epiphany, in what is believed to be the site of Jesus' baptism, near ...

a site on the east bank of the Jordan River which Christians believe to be the exact spot where Jesus was baptised. This number could swell to one million visitors a year if a proposed phased six ...

ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water where Jesus is said to ...

Christian pilgrims stand in the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the We ...

ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just dipped her feet in the water where ...

She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water where Jesus ... river, for instance, was a hostile frontier between once-warring Israel and ...