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List of Christian holy places in the Holy Land

List of Christian holy places in the Holy Land

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The list of Christian holy places in the Holy Land outlines sites within cities located in the Holy Land that are regarded as having a special religious significance to Christians, usually by association with Jesus or other persons mentioned in the Bible.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity.[1]

The identification of the Christian holy sites became of increased importance especially from around the time of Constantine the Great of the Roman Empire. Interest was also strong during Emperor Charlemagne, as was also the case during the Crusades, when Christian pilgrims often sought out holy places in the Outremer, especially in early 12th century immediately after the capture of Jerusalem.[2]

The search for the Christian holy places was the foundation of 19th-century European Biblical archaeology in Ottoman Syria and later in the British Mandate Palestine.

Judea

Judea was a region inhabited mainly by Jews. Today it is split between Israel and the West Bank, the latter parts being contested by Palestine.

Jerusalem

[[Jerusan alternative site considered by Protestant Christians to be site of Golgotha.

Other sites

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The Jordan River borders several regions from the time of Jesus - Gaulanitis and Galilee, Decapolis, Samaria, Perea and Judea.

Tetrarchy of Philip

The Tetrarchy of Philip, the son of Herod the Great, included parts of today's Golan Heights and covered territories northeast of the Galilee.

Galilee

Biblical Galilee is nowadays mainly in Israel, with a small part in southern Lebanon. It was inhabited mainly by Jews, but with a substantial number of other communities.

Samaria

Samaria was a region inhabited mainly by Samaritans, a nation generally hostile to the Jews, and therefore mostly avoided by them. Today it is part of the West Bank, occupied by Israel and contested by Palestine.

Syria

Lebanon

Jesus visited the region of Sidon and Tyre, where he preached and exorcised a woman's daughter. St Paul sailed for Rome from Sidon (Acts 27:3, 4).

  • Sidon on the Phoenician coast
  • Tyre on the Phoenician coast
  • Qana, one contender from South Lebanon for Cana in Galilee (for more see there)

Jordan

Red Sea and Sinai


References

  1. Beckles Willson, Rachel (2013). Orientalism and Musical Mission: Palestine and the West. Cambridge University Press. p. 146. ISBN 9781107036567.
  2. Sean Martin, The Knights Templar: The History & Myths of the Legendary Military Order, 2005. ISBN 1-56025-645-1

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