Jordan is planning a major development at the historic Baptism site of Al Maghtas, aiming to transform the area into a ...

A shrine near the traditional site of Jesus' baptism on the River Jordan hosted an Epiphany procession for the first time in more than 50 years on Sunday after it was declared free of landmines.

A Palestinian evangelical Christian leader had earlier spoken, calling the movement ‘a heretical replacement theology that replaced Jesus with Israel.’ ...

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Qumran was in the Jordan wilderness ... This could be for the following reasons: baptism is for the forgiveness of sin, yet Jesus is God’s son and therefore sinless Jesus is the greater person ...

Suddenly "priest" sees a small mystical river from the window, decides to bring the children and their leader from the train and baptises them in this river which he calls "The Jordan".

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This year, the 40-day-long Christian fast called Lent began on March 5 and will end on April 17. It seems the word ‘Lent’ comes from Latin, meaning fortieth, si ...

Marking the 25th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Fr Rif’at Bader, a Jordanian priest of ...

Christ's Baptism 1223 All the Old Covenant prefigurations find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus. He begins his public life after having himself baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan.