Saturday, May 01, 2010

Israel sightseeing

A list encompassing most of the sites I saw while in Israel, with help from Bibleplaces.com to identify names from my photos.

Sunday March 28
Palm Sunday procession down the Mount of Olives
Lions/St. Stephen's Gate
Old City
Damascus Gate

Monday March 29
Old City
Western Wall
First-century street
Trumpeting Stone
Southern Steps (Jerusalem Archaeological Park)--psalms of ascent, Pentecost
Double and triple gates
Mikvehs (ceremonial washing pools)
Jewish Quarter
Medeba map
Cardo (main street)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (place of crucifixion and Christ's tomb)
Via Dolorosa
Church of the Condemnation
Church of the Flagellation
Ecce Homo Convent and Lithostrothos

Tuesday March 30
Caesarea
aqueduct
Mt Carmel
Nazareth
Basilica of Annunciation
Mount of Precipice "The Leaping Mountain"
Nazareth Church of the Nazarene
Tabgha
Capernaum (synagogue, Peter's house, olive press)
Mt. of Beatitudes
Yardenit (Jordan River)

Wednesday March 31
Mt. of Olives
Garden of Gethsemane
Church of All Nations
Pool of Siloam
Valley of Hinnom (Ge Hinnom--Gehenna)
Valley of Elah (David and Goliath)
Azekah hilltop
Roman Road near Moza
Qumran
Dead Sea
wilderness

Thursday April 1
Old City with Rajaee :)
Damascus Gate
English class with Karen :)

Friday April 2
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Manger Square
Palestine-Israel border wall
Via Dolorosa
Jerusalem Church of the Nazarene :)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Saturday April 3
Sea Level
Masada
Dead Sea
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Ethiopian Orthodox Holy Fire service)

Sunday April 4
Garden Tomb
Jerusalem Prayer Center
Old City
Jaffa Gate

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