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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.
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
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.
El Matareya, Cairo contains a tree known as the Tree of the Virgin, which is connected to the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. Coptic Cairo contains several sites linked to the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. Abu Mena, an ancient monastery founded on the burial site of Saint Menas of Egypt. A modern monastery was rebuilt just north of the ...
Jews commonly refer to the Land of Israel as "The Holy Land" (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הַקוֹדֵשׁ Eretz HaKodesh). [11] The Tanakh explicitly refers to it as "holy land" in Zechariah 2:16. [12] The term "holy land" is further used twice in the deuterocanonical books (Wisdom 12:3, [13] 2 Maccabees 1:7). [14]
The tourist industry in the West Bank collapsed after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, but recovered by the 1990s, especially after the Oslo Accords. [15] The Second Intifada (2000-2006), resulted in a decline of 90% in the tourism industry, but since it has partially recovered, and in 2010, 4.6 million people visited the Palestinian territories, including 2.2 million from abroad [1]
Highway 1 between Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley follows the ancient route. [citation needed] To the west of Shechem, the ancient "Aphek Ascent" from the Via Maris and the coastal plain passed through Aphek, Soco and today's Kfar Saba and . Highway 55 duplicates the eastern part of this route. [citation needed]
After a short Mediterranean crossing by cargo ship, Wilson connected with the Israel National Trail, [18] a well-marked footpath that led from outside Haifa nearly all the way to Jerusalem. On September 29, 2006, some nine hundred-seven years after Godfrey de Bouillon, Wilson reached the Holy City after 160 days total; with 137 of those walking ...