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The Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem is followed step by step, from the Garden of Gethsemane and the Fortress of Antonia to Golgotha and the Holy Sepulchre, tracing the fourteen stations of the Way of the…

The article describes the geography and sacred history of the Jordan Valley, from the river’s source in northern Israel to the Dead Sea, with a focus on the original site of the Lord’s Baptism,…

Bethlehem, the city of the Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ, is presented through its holy sites: the Basilica of the Nativity, founded by Empress Helena and Constantine the Great in 325; the Grotto…

St Catherine’s Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula, one of the oldest Orthodox monastic settlements in the world, is presented in the context of its biblical history, the role of Empress Helena and…