Israel, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, The Dormition Abbey was built by Benedictine monks on the site of an earlier Byzantine church called Hagia Sion, constructed in the early 5th Century A.D. and destroyed...

Israel, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, The Dormition Abbey was built by Benedictine monks on the site of an earlier Byzantine church called Hagia Sion, constructed in the early 5th Century A.D. and destroyed...

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Qasr el Yahud, Christian pilgrims being baptized in the River Jordan at Qasr el Yahud on the Palestine side of the river in the Occupied Territory of the Wes...

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Qasr el Yahud, Christian pilgrims being baptized in the River Jordan at Qasr el Yahud on the Palestine side of the river in the Occupied Territory of the Wes...

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Qasr el Yahud, Christian pilgrims being baptized in the River Jordan at Qasr el Yahud on the Palestine side of the river in the Occupied Territory of the Wes...

Israel, Galilee, Nazareth, The Jerusalem Cross or Crusader's Cross in the Church or Basilica of the Annunciation. It is made up of one large cross surrounded by four smaller crosses. The small crosses...

Israel, Galilee, Nazareth, The lower level of the Church or Basilica of the Annunciation contains the cave called the Holy Grotto traditionally believed to be the home of Mary in Nazareth before her m...

Israel, Galilee, Nazareth, The bronze doors of the Church or Basilica of the Annunciation.

Israel, Galilee, Nazareth, A young Franciscan monk in the plaza in front of the or Basilica of the Annunciationl. Behind him is a mosaic donated by the Vatican.

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, Ruins of the Byzantine-era Siyagha monastery located by the Memorial Church of Moses. Behind is Wadi 'Uyun Musa and Moses' Spring.

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, The Brazen Serpent Monument is a sculpture representing the brass serpent lifted up by Moses and the cross upon which Christ was crucified. It was created by Italian ar...

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, The late 6th Century A.D. baptismal font and mosaic tile floor built in a new chapel or diakonikon in the Byzantine church which is now the Roman Catholic Memorial Chur...