Mount of Beatitudes
See the area where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount and taught his followers the beatitudes.
Mount of Beatitudes
Explore the Holy Land
FaithND invites you to explore the Holy Land virtually as a way to enhance your reading of the daily Gospel and come to know Jesus more deeply. Here, you can encounter the Holy Land through pieces of reflection and meditation, photos, and videos.
The pages here contain imagery and descriptions of locations that are mentioned in the Gospels
You can learn more about the spaces in the Holy Land—the geographical markers, the landscapes, and the town and villages—in which the Gospel accounts take place. You can see images of the churches which stand over the spots where important events in the life of Christ and the Church took place.
The holy sites in Christianity—where Jesus was born, died, buried, and resurrected—invite us to linger with the history and mystery of what happened there. We captured these locations in videos in our FaithND Virtual Pilgrimage, as a way for FaithND readers to encounter the central mysteries of our faith in a new way. We shared these videos during Lent of 2019, and offer them here for our readers as a continual means of revisiting this important space of Christendom.
Make an Online Virtual Pilgrimage
Make an online pilgrimage to the Holy Land! This virtual pilgrimage will take you to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, and to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, where Jesus was crucified, killed, buried, and raised from the dead. These are the holiest sites of our Christian faith, and they invite us to linger with the history and mystery of what happened there. This “virtual pilgrimage” is a way for FaithND readers to encounter the central mysteries of our faith in a new way.
Join FaithND to virtually explore the Holy Land online! These are reports from locations in the Holy Land where events in the Gospels took place.
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Mount of Beatitudes
Zaccheus’ Tree in Jericho
See the tree that locals claim Zaccheus climbed to see Jesus as he passed through Jericho.
Temple Mount
Visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the center of worship for Jesus and his Jewish followers.
Tantur: ND’s Lab of Unity
Explore the Vatican’s ecumenical institute in Jerusalem that is stewarded by Notre Dame.
Tabgha—Site of the Multiplication of Loaves
Learn about the ancient mosaic placed around a rock believed to be the place where Jesus multiplied loaves and fishes to feed the crowds.
Sea of Galilee
See what Jesus saw: the landscape around the Sea of Galilee, where he spent most of his public ministry.
Road to Jericho
View video of pilgrims traveling the road between Jerusalem and Jericho, and discover why Jesus used this place as the setting for the parable of the Good Samaritan.
Pool of Siloam
Explore the ruins of the pool in Jerusalem that was the site of one of Jesus’ miraculous healings.
Pools of Bethesda
Visit the ruins of an ancient series of healing pools where Jesus healed a man who’d been sick for 38 years.
Mt.Tabor
Spend time on top of the mountain that is the place where Jesus was Transfigured and shone with the glory of divinity.
Jordan River
View the area where Jesus was baptized in the Jordan.
Garden of Gethsemane
See images from the place where Jesus prayed before his suffering and death.
Church of St. Anne
Visit a church built over the site where Mary was born and raised, the home of Sts. Joachim and Anne.
Church of the Primacy of Peter
Learn about the church built over the place where the resurrected Jesus appeared to the disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and appointed Peter as their leader.
Church of the Pater Noster, Jerusalem
Explore a church built over a cave where Jesus taught his followers the Our Father prayer.
Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth
Visit the place where the angel Gabriel invited Mary to bear God’s Son.
Chapel of the Ascension
See the chapel venerated as the last place Jesus stood on earth before ascending to heaven
Capernaum
Explore the village where Jesus made his home during his public ministry—ruins there contain the remnants of Peter’s home.
Caesarea Philippi
See the rock and spring where Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter, for “on this rock I will build my church.”