Every sanctuary of Israel and the Palestinian Territories held in the catalogue: churches, monasteries, mosques, synagogues and pilgrimage sites of the three monotheistic faiths.
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Just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, the Abbey of the Dormition marks the place where tradition holds that the Virgin Mary fell asleep. Built for a German Benedictine community in the early twentieth century, it is one of the landmarks of Mount Zion.
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Al-Bahr, the Sea Mosque, stands on the slope above Jaffa's old harbour. Modest in scale and worn by salt air, it was for generations the mosque of those who worked the port, and its minaret remains a landmark for boats returning to shore.
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Crowned by a statue of the Virgin and Child visible from the valley below, this church stands on the hill of Deir el-Azar above Abu Ghosh, on the site long identified with Kiryat Ye'arim, where the biblical Ark of the Covenant is said to have rested.
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A few kilometres from Jericho, steps descend into the Jordan at Qasr el-Yahud, the place identified by Christian tradition with the baptism of Jesus by John. Long inaccessible for military reasons, the site again receives pilgrims from around the world.
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In the wooded hills of the Upper Galilee, the ancient synagogue of Bar'am preserves one of the finest carved facades of its kind: three doorways framed by columns and sculpted lintels, still standing among the ruins of the surrounding village.
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Built in pale local stone on a height overlooking Nazareth, this Salesian church is dedicated to the adolescent Jesus. Its Gothic-revival nave, unusually bright and spare, opens onto a wide panorama of the town and the hills of Galilee.
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Consecrated in 1969 over remains of Byzantine and Crusader churches, the Basilica of the Annunciation encloses the grotto venerated as the home of Mary. Its two superimposed churches are decorated with Marian images offered by Catholic communities worldwide.
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On the road from the coast to Jerusalem, the church of Abu Ghosh is among the best-preserved Crusader buildings in the country. A spring still runs in its crypt, faded medieval frescoes cover its walls, and a Benedictine community maintains it.
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On the eastern flank of the Mount of Olives, the small sanctuary of Bethphage marks the place associated with the start of Christ's entry into Jerusalem. Each Palm Sunday, the procession sets out from here towards the Old City.
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A few steps inside Jaffa Gate, facing the Citadel, Christ Church was the first Anglican church built in Jerusalem. Its sober interior, without figurative imagery and inscribed in Hebrew, reflects the particular history of the community that raised it.
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On the Via Dolorosa, an ancient arch spans the street and continues inside the convent of the Sisters of Zion. Below lie the great flagstones of the Lithostrotos and a vast Roman cistern cut into the rock.
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Near the Lions' Gate, the church of Saint Anne is among the purest Romanesque buildings of the Crusader period, celebrated for its acoustics. Beside it lie the excavated remains of the Bethesda pools, associated with one of the healings of the Gospels.
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Saint George is honoured across the churches of the East and the West alike, and sanctuaries bearing his name punctuate the landscape of the Holy Land. This film offers a measured portrait of one of them: its architecture, its light and its community.
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On the eastern slope of Mount Zion, this sanctuary commemorates Peter's denial of Christ before the cock crowed. A golden rooster crowns its roof; beneath the church lie rock-cut chambers and cisterns, and outside, an ancient stepped street.
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John the Baptist occupies a singular place in Christian tradition: preacher in the desert, prophet of the coming Messiah, and the one who baptised Christ in the Jordan. This film is the portrait of a church raised in his name in the Holy Land.
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Close to the old harbour of Acre, the Franciscan church of Saint John and the adjoining Terra Sancta buildings serve the Latin community of the walled city. Their green dome is one of the markers of the seafront skyline.
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At Bethany, on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, a modern church stands beside the rock-cut tomb venerated as that of Lazarus. Its foundations rest on the remains of earlier Byzantine and Crusader sanctuaries.
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The devotion to the Heart of Christ has given its name to churches on every continent. This film is the portrait of one such sanctuary in the Holy Land: its architecture, its interior light, and the community whose life it organises.
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In the heart of Jerusalem's Old City, the Holy Sepulchre encloses both the rock of Golgotha and the tomb venerated as that of Christ. Six Christian communities share the building under an arrangement that fixes every stone and every hour.
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On the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee, the church of Tabgha commemorates the multiplication of the loaves and fish. Its Byzantine mosaic floor, with its famous basket flanked by two fish, is among the finest of its period in the region.
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One of the oldest churches still in use, the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem stands over the grotto venerated as the birthplace of Jesus. Entered through a door barely a metre and a half high, it is inscribed on the World Heritage List.
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At Tabgha, on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, a low Franciscan church of black basalt encloses a flat outcrop of rock venerated as the table of the resurrection meal. One of the most intimate — and most filmed — shorelines in the Holy Land.
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Reached by a steep lane on the hillside of Ein Kerem, this Franciscan church commemorates the visit of Mary to Elizabeth. Its courtyard wall carries the Magnificat in dozens of languages, and its upper church is covered with painted cycles of Marian devotion.
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Among the many sanctuaries of Nazareth, the Coptic Orthodox church devoted to the Annunciation offers a quieter register: an Eastern liturgy, icons in the Coptic manner, and a modest congregation with roots in the Nile valley.
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High on the southeastern ridge of Mount Carmel, a Carmelite monastery marks the traditional site of Elijah's contest with the prophets of Baal. From its roof, the whole Jezreel Valley opens out to the horizon.
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Halfway down the western slope of the Mount of Olives, the Franciscan chapel of Dominus Flevit turns its window towards the Old City. Designed in the shape of a tear, it commemorates the Gospel scene of Jesus weeping over Jerusalem.
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On the western edge of Jerusalem, Ein Kerem gathers churches, convents and a spring in a single narrow valley. Tradition places here the birth of John the Baptist and the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth.
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Rising above the roofs of old Acre, the mosque built by Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar is the largest in the country outside Jerusalem. Its arcaded courtyard, fountains and reused antique columns anchor a walled city inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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At the edge of the Ayalon plain, the ruins of a Byzantine basilica and a later Crusader church mark one of the traditional identifications of Emmaus, where the Gospel of Luke places the meeting on the road after the resurrection.
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Between Jerusalem and the Jordan valley stand the ruins of the monastery founded by Euthymius, a central figure of Judean Desert monasticism. Vaults, cisterns and mosaic floors survive in a landscape of bare chalk hills.
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At the foot of the Mount of Olives, a garden of very old olive trees adjoins the Church of All Nations, whose deliberately darkened interior encloses the rock venerated as the place of the Agony.
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On the slopes of Ein Kerem, the Russian Orthodox convent of Gorny raises its domes above gardens and pine trees. A working religious house whose liturgy, dress and calendar belong to the Russian tradition, transplanted to the hills of Jerusalem.
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Facing the Sea of Galilee, a Greek Orthodox church and its monastery keep a slow, self-contained life at the water's edge: gardens, bells, painted icons and the daily offices of an Eastern community.
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In the heart of Nazareth, the church of Saint Gabriel stands over the spring that fed Mary's Well. Orthodox tradition places the first announcement here, at the water, and the crypt still carries the sound of the flow.
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Standing in the Russian Compound just outside the Old City walls, this Orthodox cathedral and its domes recall the era when great powers built hospices, hospitals and churches for their pilgrims in Jerusalem.
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For one week each spring, Jerusalem is given over to processions. From the palm branches carried down the Mount of Olives to the night services at the Holy Sepulchre, the city stages the events of the Passion in the places that bear their names.
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At Kursi, on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, the excavated remains of a large Byzantine monastery and basilica mark the traditional site of the healing of the possessed man and the herd of swine.
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Excavations on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee have uncovered a first-century town with its synagogue, streets, ritual baths and harbour installations — the Magdala associated with Mary Magdalene.
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Standing on the watershed road between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, the Greek Orthodox monastery of Mar Elias carries the memory of the prophet Elijah and marks one of the classic viewpoints between the two cities.
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A thematic journey through the Holy Land sites associated with the Virgin Mary — the spring and sanctuaries of Nazareth, the hill village of the Visitation, the Jerusalem churches, and the crypt venerated as her tomb.
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At the foot of the Mount of Olives, a monumental staircase leads down to a rock-cut crypt venerated as the tomb of the Virgin Mary — one of the most atmospheric interiors in Jerusalem, shared by several Eastern communities.
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For centuries the women of Nazareth drew water here. Fed by the spring beneath the Greek Orthodox church, Mary's Well is both the town's historic fountain and, in the Eastern tradition, a place of the Annunciation.
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Clinging to the rock wall of Wadi Qelt, on the old road from Jerusalem to Jericho, this Greek Orthodox monastery is one of the most spectacular sights of the Judean Desert, surrounded by the caves of former hermits.
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Standing like a small fortress in a valley west of the Old City, the Monastery of the Cross preserves painted walls, a mosaic floor and a Georgian past — with the tradition that the wood of the Cross grew on this ground.
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At the start of the Via Dolorosa, the Franciscan complex of the Flagellation and Condemnation combines two chapels, a courtyard, and an archaeological collection assembled by scholars who have excavated the Holy Land for generations.
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Beside the archaeological site of Capernaum, on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, a Greek Orthodox church raises its red domes above gardens and palm trees, directly on the lake.
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Rising alone from the Jezreel Valley, Mount Tabor is reached by a road of tight hairpin bends. At the summit, the Franciscan Basilica of the Transfiguration and a Greek Orthodox monastery share one of Galilee's great viewpoints.
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Overlooking the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, the Mount of Beatitudes is the traditional setting of the Sermon on the Mount. Its octagonal church, ringed by an open arcade and terraced gardens, remains one of the most contemplative viewpoints in Galilee and a fixed point on every pilgrimage route.
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East of the Old City, the Mount of Olives rises above the Kidron Valley in a slope of white tombs, olive groves and churches. It offers the defining view of Jerusalem and gathers, on a single hillside, some of the most charged sites of Jewish, Christian and Muslim tradition.
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Crowning one of the highest summits around Jerusalem, Nebi Samwil holds the tomb traditionally attributed to the prophet Samuel. A Crusader church later converted into a mosque stands over the crypt, on a site venerated by Jews, Christians and Muslims and surrounded by excavated remains.
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Founded by Jews from North Africa in Acre, the Or Torah synagogue is unlike any other. Floors, walls, columns, ceilings and even the exterior are entirely faced with mosaic — scenes, symbols and inscriptions assembled over decades into a single, immersive work of devotion.
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In Ein Karem, the hillside village on the western edge of Jerusalem long associated with John the Baptist, the convent of Our Lady of Sion occupies terraced grounds of pine, cypress and stone. It combines a religious community, a place of welcome and one of the quietest settings around the city.
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High on the Mount of Olives, the Carmelite monastery of the Pater Noster displays the Lord's Prayer on ceramic panels in more than a hundred languages. Cloisters, gardens and ancient remains make it one of the most distinctive sanctuaries in Jerusalem.
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Its name evokes an episcopal residence, and the building keeps that reserve: enclosed by stone, entered through a courtyard, opening onto an Orthodox interior of icons, lamps and dark wood. A portrait of a living church and of the community that gathers within it.
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Set in a walled garden in Jaffa, this Russian Orthodox church is recognisable far across the city by its tall bell tower. The compound shelters the tomb venerated as that of Tabitha and remains a destination for Orthodox pilgrims from Russia and Eastern Europe.
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Crowning the summit of the Mount of Olives, the Russian Orthodox convent of the Ascension is marked by a bell tower visible from across Jerusalem. Behind its walls lie a church, gardens, mosaic remains and one of the finest panoramas over the Old City.
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Modest in scale and rich in atmosphere, this chapel is dedicated to the Sacred Heart, one of the most widespread devotions in the Catholic world. Stone, stained glass and candlelight compose an interior made for prayer rather than for crowds.
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St Anthony's is the Roman Catholic parish church of Jaffa, its Gothic Revival lines rising among the streets of the old port city. Beyond its architecture, it is the meeting point of a Christian community that has lived here for generations.
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Saint George is honoured across the Christian world and beyond, and churches bearing his name punctuate the towns of the Levant. This portrait follows one of them through its icons, its lamps and the community that keeps its feast.
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Dominating the harbour of Jaffa from the height of the old town, St Peter's is a Franciscan church raised over the remains of a Crusader citadel. Its ochre façade and bell tower are among the defining silhouettes of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa waterfront.
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Set on a wooded hill in the Judean foothills, the Salesian monastery of Beit Jamal combines a church, agricultural land and a tradition of teaching handed down from Don Bosco. A rare portrait of a working religious estate in the Holy Land.
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Perched on the sandstone cliff north of Tel Aviv, the Sidna Ali mosque looks straight out over the Mediterranean. A place of prayer and of local pilgrimage, it stands beside the coastal remains of a landscape shaped by centuries of settlement.
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Inside the walled city of Acre, St Andrew's belongs to the dense fabric of one of the great historic ports of the eastern Mediterranean. Its interior, its bells and its congregation testify to a Christian presence maintained across centuries of upheaval.
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Isolated in the desert of the Jordan Valley, the Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint Gerasimos rises as a fortified enclosure of courtyards, chapels and blue domes. It continues a tradition of desert monasticism, and its legend of a monk and a lion still endures.
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A few steps from the Basilica of the Annunciation, the Franciscan church of Saint Joseph stands over a crypt with rock-cut cavities, cisterns and ancient installations, venerated for centuries as the workshop and dwelling of Joseph the carpenter.
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On the headland of Mount Carmel overlooking Haifa bay, the Stella Maris monastery is the principal house of the Carmelite order. Beneath its painted dome lies a cave linked by tradition to the prophet Elijah, at the origin of the order itself.
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Descending the slope of Mount Carmel in nineteen terraces, the Bahá'í Gardens frame the golden-domed Shrine of the Báb above the bay of Haifa. A World Heritage site and one of the most rigorously composed designed landscapes in the world.
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The Sisters of Zion have kept houses in the Holy Land since the nineteenth century, combining prayer, hospitality and study. Their convent, with its chapel, cloisters and gardens, offers a rare view of a religious community and its daily rhythm.
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Dedicated to the Annunciation, this Maronite church serves one of the oldest Eastern Catholic communities of the Levant. Its liturgy, rooted in Syriac tradition, and its icons give it a character distinct from the Latin churches around it.
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On the slope of the Mount of Olives above Gethsemane, the Russian Orthodox monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene raises its gilded onion domes among the olive trees. Built by the Russian imperial family, it is one of the most photographed silhouettes in Jerusalem.
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From the nineteenth century, the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission built an entire infrastructure for pilgrims in the Holy Land: churches, hospices, compounds and gardens. Their buildings remain among the most distinctive landmarks in the region.
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Set well below sea level between basalt hills and the Golan escarpment, the Sea of Galilee is a freshwater lake, a fishing ground and one of the central landscapes of the Gospels. Its shoreline strings together sanctuaries, ancient sites and working harbours.
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Standing alone on the old road from Jerusalem down to Jericho, Nebi Musa is a walled complex of white domes, arcaded courtyards and pilgrim cells raised in the Mamluk period. Islamic tradition venerates it as the burial place of Moses.
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From the Lions' Gate to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Via Dolorosa threads the covered souks and stone lanes of the Old City of Jerusalem. Marked by fourteen Stations of the Cross, it is walked by pilgrims from every continent.
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In the village of Kafr Kanna, north of Nazareth, the Franciscan Wedding Church marks the place where Christian tradition situates the marriage feast at which water was turned into wine. Beneath the nave, older masonry recalls earlier sanctuaries.
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Capernaum, the lakeside town central to the Gospels' account of Jesus' ministry, preserves one of the finest synagogue ruins in the Holy Land: a colonnaded hall of imported white limestone standing on the dark basalt of an earlier building.
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Laid out on the riverbank where the Jordan flows out of the Sea of Galilee, Yardenit is a modern baptismal site run by a neighbouring kibbutz. Eucalyptus shade the steps into the green water, where groups from around the world gather to be immersed.
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In the old city of Acre, one of the Mediterranean's great walled ports, the Zawiyat al-Shadhiliyya serves as mosque and lodge for a community of the Shadhili Sufi tradition. Its courtyard opens onto a quarter of vaulted lanes and sea ramparts.
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Founded in the late fifth century by Sabbas the Sanctified, Mar Saba hangs above the Kidron gorge in the Judean Desert. Its blue domes, cells and cliff caves shelter one of the oldest continuously inhabited monastic communities in the Christian world.
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In the Daraj quarter of Gaza's old city stands the Sayed Hashim Mosque, long held by tradition to shelter the tomb of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad. Rebuilt in the Ottoman period, it remains one of the city's principal places of prayer.
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