by webdeveloper | Oct 14, 2025 | Latest News
Caesarea Maritima was developed almost from scratch by Herod the Great in the latter decades of the first century BC. Herod’s intention was to compete with – if not to surpass – other large Mediterranean harbours such as Alexandria, the Piraeus of Athens, or Seleucia...
by webdeveloper | Sep 24, 2025 | Latest News
Born in the Illyrian city of Stridon (likely in present-day Bosnia) in the decade of 340 AD, Jerome spent his youth in a spiritual and intellectual quest that led him to Rome, where his frequent visits to the martyrs’ tombs sparked a prolonged process of conversion....
by webdeveloper | Aug 25, 2025 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Fragment of a mosaic from a Byzantine church near Gaza depicting a man (perhaps a Bedouin?) leading a camel laden with wine amphorae. Kissufim, 6th century. Display location: Israel Museum. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The 35th chapter of the Book of Jeremiah begins...
by webdeveloper | Jun 22, 2025 | Latest News
The church of the Eleona, the first church of the Ascension, now the Pater Noster Church (blue), was rebuilt higher up at the “ridge of the hill,” Inbomon in Greek (red). In the Footprints of our Faith., p. 173. In his Vita Constantini, Eusebius of Caesarea (+339)...
by webdeveloper | May 24, 2025 | Latest News
The Banias River in Caesarea Philippi: One of the Sources of the Jordan. ReedMiller, 2022 “Matthew tells us that this conversation between Jesus and his disciples takes place in the beautiful town of Caesarea Philippi, filled with luxurious palaces, set in a...
