Jesus Trail in Israel
Tuesday, 24 December 2019 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante Category/Kategorie: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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Walking the Jesus Trail near Nazareth © Zeromancer44/cc-by-sa-3.0
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The Jesus Trail is a 65 km (40 mi)
hiking and
pilgrimage route in the
Galilee region of
Israel that traces the route
Jesus may have walked, connecting many sites from his life and ministry. The main part of the trail begins in
Nazareth and passes through
Sepphoris ,
Cana (
Kafr Kanna ), the
Horns of Hattin ,
Mount Arbel Cliffs, the
Sea of Galilee ,
Capernaum ,
Tabgha , and the
Mount of Beatitudes . An alternate return route passes by
Tiberias , the
Jordan River ,
Mount Tabor , and
Mount Precipice . The Jesus Trail runs within the
1967 border .
The trail is geared for Christians who seek a pilgrimage route that allows for a more personal experience of the Galilee and sites from the life of Jesus, but integrates historical sites from different eras, sites sacred to other religions, nature sites, breathtaking panoramas and hiking for those who seek a physical challenge. The Gospel Trail is a similar hiking path that opened in November 2011 to attract Christian tourism to Israel, which accounts for two-thirds of all incoming tourism.
The House of Peter in Capernaum © flickr.com - Konrad Summers/cc-by-sa-2.0
The geography and distances involved naturally allow the Jesus Trail to be walked as a series of day-hikes for a total of four days, with each day’s hike being between 13 and 19 km (8 to 12 mi) in length.
Day 1: Nazareth to Cana via Sepphoris – The trail starts in center of Nazareth at the Church of the Annunciation , goes through the Old City of Nazareth and then ascends via steep stairways to the ridge overlooking the city. From there the trail goes out into agricultural fields towards the extensively excavated ancient city of Tsippori (Sepphoris). After passing through the Arab village of Mash’had the trail arrives at Kafr Kanna, the traditional site of the New Testament account of Jesus turning water into wine.
Day 2: Cana to Kibbutz Lavi – After leaving Cana, the trail goes almost entirely along forests and through natural and cultivated fields to end at the outskirts of the modern Jewish agricultural commune (kibbutz ) of Lavi, which is located near the hill of the Horns of Hattin.
Day 3: Kibbutz Lavi to Moshav Arbel – This hike goes from hilltop to hilltop, from the panoramic view at the Horns of Hattin, past the Druze shrine of Nabi Shu’ayb in the small Arbel Valley, through striking scenery of a historically dense landscape, to end near the Jewish agricultural cooperative (moshav ) of Arbel .
Day 4: Moshav Arbel to Capernaum via Mount of Beatitudes – After ascending Mount Arbel there is a climb down the cliff to come out on a small fertile agricultural plain adjacent to the lake known as the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret). Then the trail arrives at the northern shore of the lake to the church at Tabgha which commemorates the New Testament account of Jesus feeding the multitudes, then to the church and gardens at the Mount of Beatitudes, which commemorates the Sermon on the Mount , and then finally arriving at the ancient lakeside fishing village of Capernaum with its extensive ruins and modern church.
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