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The Holy Land
Down the centuries hundreds and thousands of devout pilgrims have made their way to the
Holy Land. This, the setting of the Incarnation, is not merely the birthplace of the Christian faith but a country of miracles and parables, of familiar Bible stories and the Passion of Christ.
Turkey & The Seven Churches of Revelation
Since biblical times, Anatolia (Turkey) has played a major part in the history of civilization.
The Old Testament contains a wealth of references to the land and its people,
from Abraham father of the Jewish nation, who came from Edessa, to Noah,
whose ark is said to have landed on Mount Ararat. In the New Testament we read
from the book of Revelations about the Seven Churches of Asia Minor.
Jordan
On the tour through Jordan we visit Historical and Biblical Sites, from Umm Qais (Gadara) in the North to the sea port of Aqaba in the South. We stand on Mount Nebo where Moses viewed the Promised Land; we visit the site of Bethany beyond the Jordan, associated with the baptism of Jesus. At Madaba we visit the Greek Orthodox Church of St George with its famous mosaic floor maps of the Bible Lands. A tour to Jordan is not complete without a visit to the two spectacular sites of Jerash and Petra. Jerash the best known of the Decaplois cites is probably Jordan's most popular historical site after Petra. Petra is undoubtedly Jordan's most famous attraction, a Nabatean city at the time of Jesus.
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