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The Kineret Lake (Sea of Galilee)
Danalia Says: The warm waters of the Sea of Galilee allow a variety of flora and fauna to thrive, which have supported a significant commercial fishery for over two millennia. Local flora includes a variety of reeds along most of the shoreline as well as Phytoplankton. Fauna includes...
The Kineret Lake (Sea of Galilee)
Danalia Says: he Sea of Galilee, also Kinneret, Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake Tiberias, is the largest freshwater lake in Israel, and it is approximately 53 km.is situated in northern Israel, near the Golan Heights, in the Jordan Great Rift Valley.Today, tourism is the Kinneret's most...
ophiro Says: Mount Arbel is a mountain very close to Tiberias with a great view.You can hike in the trails in the mountain.The mountain is 181 meters above sea level and 380 meters above the area.There is a parking lot in the entrance , you pay 20 nis.There are 2 trails - black and red ,...
ophiro Says: Church of the Seven Apostles is a beautiful church located on the shores of the kinneret.The church is a greek orthodox located on Kfar Nachum (capernaum).The curch was built in 1931 and has red domes.The church , as you can see from the name , is dedicated to the seven...
ophiro Says: Mount of Beatitudes is the name of Nachum mountain , located very close to Tiberias and has a great view to the Kinneret.Up the mountain (which is 150 meters high above the Kinneret) you will see a lovely chapel , A Roman Catholic Franciscan that was built in 1938 by Antinio...
Church of the Beatitudes inside
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The floor plan is octagonal, the eight sides representing the eight Beatitudes. The ceiling walls have a shape of an octagon, and on each side there is a window with one of the eight verses (although there are nine), starting with "blessed are...", or in Latin: "Beati ..."....
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The beautiful Basilica of the Church of Mount of Beatitudes was commissioned by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and built during the 1936-1938 near the site of the fourth century Byzantine ruins to a design of the Italian famous church architect, Antonio Barluzzi.You can...
Martin_S. Says: On the northern shore of Lake Tiberius (Sea of Galilee or Kinneret in Hebrew), you will find the Mount of Beautitudes alongside Tabcha and Capernum. These three sites in the Christian religion is where Jesus lived and preached the "Sermon on the Mount". We took our friend...
ophiro Says: Kfar Nahum (Capernaum) is a small village on the northern part of the lake .The Christians believe that Jesus lived here for a while , and some of his apostles lived here too (andrew , peter , james , john).There are 3 main attractions here :* The synagogue - people think...
Tabcha (Ein Sheva), the "Loaves and Fishes"
Martin_S. Says: We visited Tabcha with Hrvojka, our Christian friend from Croatia, this was her first visit to Israel so we visited many biblical sites, some of which I had never visited in my 30+ years here in Israel, so it is a VERY GOOD thing that she came to visit ^O^. This is the...
Martin_S. Says: A beautiful lookout from which to see the northeastern edge of Lake Tiberius/Galille/Kinneret. Named after the Beit Saida ruins that are just north of this point.I found this in Goggle : The remains of a Jewish town, mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud, renowned for the good...
Church of the Primacy of St. Peter
jadedmuse Says: I took this shot while driving down from Taghba (site of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes) to the village of Capernaum. We know that Capernaum was Peter’s home town (as well as Matthew, James, John and Andrew) and Jesus’ home base while ministering...
Resraurant at the beach: St. Peter's Fish
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Three types of fish were primarily sought by fishermen in antiquity in these waters. Sardines likely were the "two small fish" that the boy brought to the feeding of the 5000. Sardines and bread was the staple product of the locals. Barbels are so known because of the barbs...
How to get to the Mount of Beatitudes
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: The traditional location for the Mount of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, between Capernaum and Gennesaret (Ginosar). The actual location of the Sermon on the Mount is not certain, but the present site (also known as Mount Eremos) has been...
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The sermon has verses, each starting with "Blessed the..." or in Latin "Beati ...". The Latin word gave this hill its name - Beati-tudes. The sermon on the mount focuses on 9 verses:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake".
You can watch my high resolution photo of Lake of Tiberias on the Google Earth according to the following coordinates 32° 52' 52.74" N 35° 33' 20.85" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio Sermon on the Mount.
Written May 13, 2010
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Yardenit is the place where many Christian pilgirms come to be re-baptized, you can see a group undergoing the ritual in the picture. The true tourist trap here is the gift shop, we checked out some of the prices for locally made things, such as ceramic plates and the prices were not twice as much, but THREE times what we paid for them in the SHOUK (market) in Nazareth..
Unique Suggestions: Utilize the facilities for the rituals, but avoid the gift shop.
Fun Alternatives: If you are on a pilgrimage to Israel, you will most likely visit Nazareth as well as Yardenit, so do your shopping there, or in Tel-Aviv or Jerusalem.
Written Jun 29, 2005
A photo a story: Degania the first Kibbutz
roberto.baglioni Says: I have taken this photo on the external wall of the museum of Degania, that is the first kibbutz created in Palestine in 1910 by a small group of twelve russian and ukrainans jews, ten men and women.In those years jews were escaping Russia, theater of pogrom and any kind of...
jadedmuse Says: Better known as the place where Whitney Houston made a spectacle of herself while being baptized in the waters of the Jordan River. As with most holy sites in Israel, you'll find the old conundrum of "It took place here"; "NO - it took place over there!" and the site where...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Mount of Beatitudes or Mount of Happiness (Osher) - the Hebrew name, based on the Hebrew translation (Beati = Ashrei).According to the tradition, the Mount of Beatitudes is the place where Jesus gave his important Sermon on the Mount to the multitude that assembled to see...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Tiberias Lake, also the Sea of Tiberias, the Sea of Galilee, Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake Kinneret is the largest freshwater lake in Israel. It is approximately 53 km in circumference, about 21 km long, and 13 km wide. The lake has a maximum depth of approximately 43 m. At...
We came over the crest of the hill to the west of the Kinneret and this is the sight that greeted us. In Israel, the Kinneret is the largest body of fresh water by far, located in the north east just...
To most visitors, "The Sea of Galilee" is how we know and refer to this area. To Israelis however, the Sea of Galilee is better known as "Lake Kinneret", with the main town of Tiberias straddling its...
Day 3: Excursion around the Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee, known to Israelis as Lake Kinneret or Lake Tiberias and in arabic Buhayrat Tabariya. At the Bible the Sea of Galilee is mentioned by 3 other names: 1. The Sea of Kinnereth (or......
The Kinneret, as it's known in Hebrew is one of the most favourite places in Israel. Every weekend you will find here thousands of people coming for a picnic, a swim or some water sport. The Hebrew...
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