You may not expect to find a tourism attraction at at Catholic monastery, much less one in suburban Georgia. But in Conyers, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit has become a must-see location for groups touring the area. A group of Trappist monks from Kentucky...
Although I am not a religious person myself, I always enjoy and appreciate the opportunity to explore all manner of cathedrals, churches, missions, synagogues, mosques, temples and shrines of various faiths, since the architecture, art and history represented therein...
Raed Abu Sahlieh is as charistmatic a figure as we met in all of Palestine. He is the priest of St. George's Church in Taybeh and he is an outspoken proponent of peace and justice in this beleagured region of the world. He spent almost an hour with us and one gets...
To anyone who comes here, there may be a moment of personal epiphany or revelation, I would guess. Many are most moved by the historic sites--the place of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem, or his passion in Jerusalem. The Garden at Gethsemane, or maybe Nazareth, where he...
Elias Salameh Afteem is carrying on a very proud family tradition at Restaurant Afteem in Bethlehem. He greets you in a bustling lunchtime crowd just off the market in this iconic pilgrimage city in Palestine. I noticed him immediately when our group came in the...
Every Easter growing up I would hear the song "Jerusalem, My Destiny," which connected the city with Christian tradition. The tune took on a new meaning when I saw my first view of the Jerusalem skyline and its cream-colored buildings of Jerusalem stone and the...
I stepped inside the location of the real Nativity scene at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The Byzantine church that has survived so many centuries of war and strife still stands with an ancient feel, since the Greek Orthodox Church upkeeps it without...
Two things I would have never thought to put together are Dean Martin and the Sea of Galilee. However, I found myself experiencing both at the same time during a ride around the legendary lake (it's a lake even though it's referred to as a sea) on a replica of first...
Last night at dinner, our guide joked that a phone call to God from Israel is cheap because it is a local call. I think he might be right. The land where Jesus was born, lived, preached and died all fits into a spot on the map the same size as New Jersey. This center...
On the streets of Oberammergau today, it is quiet. There is little indication that, less than a year from now, this small German village will be packed with visitors from all over the world. Oberammergau's Passion Play, which will take place next summer, is perhaps...
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