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Camel rides in Israel offer a unique way to explore the landscape of the Negev Desert. Riding a camel is a unique experience and one which you are unlikely to ever forget, and where better to do it than in the authentic setting that is the desert.
Capernaum became Jesus’ home town and the scene of many of his miracles. It was also the home of the first disciples Jesus called — the fishermen Peter, Andrew, James and John, and the tax collector Matthew.
Today an ultra-modern Catholic church, perched on eight sturdy pillars, hovers protectively over the site of Peter’s house, where Jesus have lodged.
The Church of St Anne is the best-preserved Crusader church in Jerusalem. It marks the traditional site of the home of Jesus’ maternal grandparents, Anne and Joachim, and the birthplace of the Virgin Mary.
Next to the church is the large excavation area of the Pools of Bethesda, where Christ healed a sick man (John 5:2-9).
The midnight Mass beamed from Bethlehem to television viewers worldwide on Christmas Eve is celebrated in the Church of St Catherine of Alexandria. This 19th-century church adjoins the 6th-century Church of the Nativity, built over the cave where Jesus was born. It even shares a wall with the Nativity church. The Church of St Catherine is the parish church for Bethlehem’s Catholics. It is also often used by groups of pilgrims.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem covers the site of the most important event in human history: The place where Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
