The tradition of icon painting began to develop simultaneously with the development of Christianity. In the modern era, avant ...

That’s part of the reason Gosnell and the Orthodox Anglican Mission church in Laurens had a Blessing of the River and memorial service on Sunday at Irvin Pitts Memorial Park along the shoals of the ...

John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the waters of the Jordan River. The initiative is being overseen by the Baptism Site Development Zone (BSDZ), with its president, Tharwat Masalha, providing key ...

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 ...

Three popes have visited the site of Jesus’ baptism on the Jordanian banks of the Jordan River: John Paul II in 2000, Benedict XVI in 2009, and Francis in 2014. Pope Paul VI first visited Jordan ...

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 ...

Jesus never sinned even once. Why would he need to be baptized? When Jesus went to the Jordan River to be baptized by John the Baptist, John was confused as well. “I need to be baptized by you ...

a religious festival commemorating Jesus' baptism in the Jordan River. The annual festival is recognised by UNESCO as an important intangible cultural heritage. Followers marched from churches to ...

For 2,000 years, since Jesus descended into the waters of the Jordan River to be baptized by John the Baptist, the river has been a pilgrimage site for Christians from around the world.

During a trip to Israel in 2019, Demi Lovato decided to get baptized in the Jordan river -- where many Christians consider to be the place where Jesus was also baptized. Demi later shared photos ...