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Although pandemic restrictions still limit foreign tourism to Israel, there were more than 30 times more Christians this year than last from Israel and the Palestinian Authority who gathered at the Jordan River for the annual celebration of John’s Baptism of Jesus.
The Jordan River Qasr al Yahud 6225207393001 Although the pandemic is keeping Christians and others from visiting the Holy Land, Israel is helping local Christians under lockdown celebrate their feasts. The coronavirus didn't stop Greek Orthodox clergy from celebrating the Epiphany recently on both sides of the Jordan River. “It’s the feast, the day of the memory of the baptism of our Lord, Jesus Christ in [the] Jordan River by St. John the Baptist,” said Prior, Archimandrite Bartholomew from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. It took place at Qasr al Yahud on the Jordan River. Many bel...