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The Carmelites are a Catholic religious order founded on Mount Carmel in the 12th century, drawing their name and original hermit ethos from the Elijah narrative. The best-known site is the Stella Maris monastery above Haifa, discussed in a post on the city.

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Bahai Gardens, Haifa
North · Carmel

Haifa

A day in Haifa: the Bahai Gardens spilling down Mount Carmel, the Ahmadiyya mosque, Stella Maris and the cave of Elijah, the German Colony, and a hike in Nachal Siach to round off.

Jul 2013 · 4 minute read
Celebrating our 40th field trip: half way through! View over Haifa and its bay from the Louis Promenade. Bahai Gardens, Haifa Our kind host at the Centre for Ahmadiyya Islam in Israel Stella Maris Church, Haifa Cave of Elijah, Haifa Biblical quotation on the lintel of a building in the German Colony, Haifa Water pool at Ein Meshotetim in Nachal / Wadi Siach
Church of the Pater Noster (Eleona) on the Mount of Olives
Centre · Jerusalem

Christianity on the Mount of Olives and Mount Zion

A walking tour of the Christian sites surrounding the final days of Jesus: from the Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, down through Gethsemane, and up to the Last Supper room and St Peter in Gallicantu on Mount Zion.

May 2013 · 7 minute read
View over the Old City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives Church of the Pater Noster (Eleona) on the Mount of Olives Church of Dominus Flevit on the Mount of Olives Inside the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem Tomb of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion Sculpture inside the Last Supper Room (Cenacle) in Jerusalem View over Jerusalem from Mount Zion Church of St Peter in Gallicantu on Mount Zion Steps leading down Mount Zion towards Gethsemane from the Roman period
Grove of the Forty
North · Carmel

Mount Carmel

A day on Mount Carmel, from the panoramic Mishmar HaCarmel viewpoint and the burn scars of the 2010 fire to Little Switzerland, the Chai Bar wildlife reserve, the Druze town of Daliyat-al-Carmel and the Muchraka monastery linked to the prophet Elijah.

Nov 2012 · 7 minute read
Panorama over Nachal Oren from Mishmar HaCarmel Limestone 'notch' (צניר) in Little Switzerland View over the Chai Bar Canaanite ruins at Derech HaDorot View over Akko Valley from Mitzpe HaMifratz Grove of the Forty Shrine to Abu Ibrahim in Daliyat-al-Carmel Traditional sweets in Daliyat-al-Carmel. Yum! Panoramic view from Muchraka
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