Re’em said. Ein Karem is where the New Testament places the birth of John the Baptist, and where the text says his mother Elizabeth, met Jesus’ mother Miriam by a neighborhood well ...

Nehorai Nir made the find during a class trip earlier this month to Ein Karem, a historic hillside ... of the Visitation and the Church of St. John the Baptist, making it an important pilgrimage ...

A ten-year-old schoolboy accidentally discovered a 100-year-old cross medallion during a school trip to the birthplace of John the Baptist ... St John have drawn generations of pilgrims to Ein ...

Ein Kerem holds deep roots in Christian tradition as the birthplace of John the Baptist and the site where his mother, Elizabeth, is said to have met Mary, the mother of Jesus. Pilgrims from ...

A 10-year-old boy discovered a 100-year-old cross medallion in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem neighborhood while ... of Judah” is the birthplace of John the Baptist and where the scripture says his ...

Re’em said the significance of this medallion is embedded in its findspot — Ein Karem, a site venerated by Christians because it is identified with the “town in Judah” where John the Baptist was born ...