The exhibition features over 90 artifacts that narrate the history of Christianity in Jordan from its beginnings to the ...

And that “holy place” has a special geographical significance. The baptism of Jesus took place in the Jordan River, in the valley east of Jerusalem, just north of the Dead Sea and not far from ...

The Jan. 10 inauguration of a vast church on the very spot where Jesus Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River was an event of significant symbolic importance, both ...

The fragile truce in Gaza ignites hopes (also) in Jordan to resume tourism as soon as possible a sector considered strategic ...

The baptism site was added by UNESCO to the World Heritage List in 2015. The spokesperson for the Catholic Church in Jordan, Rifat Bader, said 1,000 people were allowed to attend the pilgrimage ...

The fourth of these key truths revealed in Christ's baptism, Rives said, is "the fullness of the Godhead presented: The Son is baptized in the Jordan River, the Holy Spirit descends like a dove ...

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) – This Sunday is an important day for me. I will be baptized into the Christian faith.

16 1222 Finally, Baptism is prefigured in the crossing of the Jordan River by which the People of God received the gift of the land promised to Abraham's descendants, an image of eternal life.

the site in the desert area near the Jordan River where, according to ancient tradition, the Gospel story of the baptism of Jesus at the hands of John the Baptist took place. The celebration will ...

Under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah, the "Jordan: Dawn of Christianity" Exhibition has been inaugurated in Rome, Italy.The exhibition, which runs from January 31 to February 28, aims to ...

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the Jordan on the banks of the Jordan River officially recognized by the church as ...

Baptism Church is located where Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River: highlights from Register reporter Solène Tadié of the church dedication and locale.(Photo: ...