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The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šāloš rəgālīm, or חַגִּים, ḥaggīm), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles', 'tents ...
Commemorative sculpture of the meeting between Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem. The list of pastoral visits of Pope Paul VI details the travels of the first pope to leave Italy since 1809, [1] [2] representing the first ever papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land [3] and the first papal visit to the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and Asia.
After Jerusalem, the list is alphabetical. Jerusalem, site of the Passion (The Via Dolorosa), the site of Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus (The Calvary in The Church of the Holy Sepulchre), Ein Karem in westernmost Jerusalem is the birthplace of John the Baptist, Cenacle is traditionally considered be the site of the Last Supper, Monastery ...
In the 19th century, popular tourism began to reach the region with the advent of package tours by Thomas Cook and Son. [12] Cook's company arrange travel for 12,000 people, among them Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II. [12] With European powers taking more interest in the Holy Land by the second half of the 19th century, there was an increase in ...
Great Jubilee pilgrimage to the Holy Land: 21–22 March 2000 Israel: Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Jerusalem, Capernaum: 21–22 March 2000 Palestinian National Authority: Bethlehem, Dheisheh: 92 12–13 May 2000 Portugal: Fátima: Fourth visit to Portugal. Great Jubilee pilgrimage to the Marian shrine in Fátima. 93 4–5 May 2001 Greece: Athens
[21] There are many walking tours in the West Bank, [22] and a celebrity chef's recent visit to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza was followed by a show devoted to the local cuisine. [23] A growing number of tourist groups visit the classical holy sites but expand their trips to learn about Palestinian culture, Biblical history, and social issues.
Celebrity Apex had just begun a Holy Land cruise from Athens to Israel and Egypt. The subsequent departure with the same ship, on 16 October, appears to have been changed so that the two days at ...
Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity. [1]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.