Jordan is planning a major development at the historic Baptism site of Al Maghtas, aiming to transform the area into a ...

This year, the 40-day-long Christian fast called Lent began on March 5 and will end on April 17. It seems the word ‘Lent’ comes from Latin, meaning fortieth, si ...

A shrine near the traditional site of Jesus' baptism on the River Jordan hosted an Epiphany procession ... which commemorates the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, was capped at 50 due to ...

Marking the 25th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Fr Rif’at Bader, a Jordanian priest of ...

preached a message from God The baptism carried out by John was full immersion in the River Jordan. Baptism was not a new idea. There is evidence that a monastic group called the Essenes used ...