Week Two: Galilee Monday 22nd February Our first stopover on the way to the Lake of Galilee is Nazareth. Today, it’s the ‘Arab capital of Israel’ with a mixed population of Palestinian Christians and Muslims. Can you see the big basilica (church) dominating the city? That’s the Church of the Annunciation. In Jesus’ time, the …
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Virtual Pilgrimage
Week 1: Judean Wilderness Ash Wednesday 2021 Shalom and welcome! We set out today on our ‘virtual pilgrimage’ from the Parish of Castlerock & Dunboe to the Holy Land. We’re starting in the Judean wilderness at Jebel al-Quruntul, better known as the ‘Mount of Temptation’. Imagine yourself getting off the coach and standing here. It’s …
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