Founders - Bethany Beyond the Jordan
He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bethany Beyond the Jordan U.S. Foundation (since 2023) and as President of the Middle East ...
He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bethany Beyond the Jordan U.S. Foundation (since 2023) and as President of the Middle East ...
Today the area is called Al-Maghtas in Arabic, the place of baptism. In recent years extensive archaeological excavations are taking place. One can visit ...
Wadi Kharrar (meaning "murmuring spring"), is a lush, 1.2-mile-long riverbed that makes its way westward toward the Jordan River.
The recent excavations have revealed a walled monastery that includes at least three churches, a prayer hall, and a sophisticated water conveyance and storage ...
Thousands of pilgrims on Friday participated in the 26th annual pilgrimage to the Baptism Site of Jesus Christ (Bethany Beyond the Jordan), ...
Local tradition for thousands of years has identified it as the place from where Elijah (pbuh) ascended to heaven. ... When Jesus (pbuh) spent 40 days in the ...
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This is Bethany beyond the Jordan, the very ground where 2,000 years ago Jesus of Nazareth stepped into the waters and was baptized by John.
The original settlement was known as Bethany beyond the Jordan during and immediately following the days of Jesus and John the Baptist in the Ist Century AD.
Revered by religious locals and travelers, Jordan's Al Maghtas is thought by many to be the spot where Jesus was baptized.