Jordan is planning a major development at the historic Baptism site of Al Maghtas, aiming to transform the area into a ...

The site, he hopes, will become a place of pilgrimage for ... The church will be a landmark and a place of pilgrimage "like the Church of the Baptism on the Jordan River or the Abrahamic House in the ...

Marking the 25th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Fr Rif’at Bader, a Jordanian priest of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, remembers that pilgrimage and its ...

A Unesco World Heritage site, this is believed to be the location where Jesus was baptised by John ... just next to the Jordan River", explains Oscar Koshebye, a guide who helped formalise the ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has promised ... and other General Authorities, visited the river to relive the spiritual significance of its first baptism site in the country. McKay ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has promised ... Elder Kyle McKay and other General Authorities of the church visited the river to relive the spiritual significance of it’s first ...

“Yardenit” It is the baptism site in the Jordan River, where Christians believe John baptized Jesus, and is one of the most visited by pilgrims. Its appeal is not only religious, but also a ...

Proof of ancient olive trees and grapevines, consistent with a Bible verse, has been found at the Church of the Holy ...