The Baptism Site “Bethany beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) is located in the Jordan Valley, north of the Dead Sea. The site contains two distinct archaeological areas, Tell el-Kharrar, also known as ...

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 ...

John the Baptist in the Jordan River was ... the outskirts of the historic site of Al-Maghtas (also known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan, in the Qafra region) in 2003, the project was completed ...

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 ...

2025 BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN, Jordan — The Jan. 10 inauguration of a vast church on the very spot where Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River was an event of ...

Parolin inaugurated and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan ... Jordanian banks of the Jordan River: John Paul II in 2000, Benedict ...

In Jordan, Bettany explores the well-preserved Roman city of Jerash and journeys to three biblical sites: `Bethany Beyond the Jordan', the Dead Sea and Machaerus, where John the Baptist was imprisoned ...

Bethany Beyond the Jordan', the Dead Sea and Machaerus, where John the Baptist was imprisoned and killed.