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From the blog of Evan Tucker at The Times of Israel

May the message of the carol eventually transcend ideology, religion, and politics so that we, and the people of the Holy Land, have not only heavenly peace but peace on earth.

With Christmas upon us and thoughts turning to ‘Oh Little Town of Bethlehem’, a visit to the Holy Land would seem fitting.

Capernaum sits on the banks of the sea of galilee, ♪ ♪ >> capurnaum this ti sit took pe banks of the sea of galilee, the many o watf stories of jesus during this time took lace place out on the water. >> right right here in galilee, jesus enlisted his i di di disciples, many of them fishermen, changing the world forever. >> most common reaction i get, i didn't expect the lake to be so small. i didn't expect to be able to see clear across from east to west, 80% of gospel took place from a line over

Where the vast majority of his ministry occurred. this is very likely to be the location of peter's house. if you look at, it's kind of a little bit of a jumbled mess, but you can see walls and the original basalt stone walls. that is from the first century, the time of jesus, the time of peter and the disciples. and then in the fourth century, under the byzantine period, they built an octagonal church venerating that area. today, an ultra modern catholic church hovers above the site with a glass covered floor in the center that allows visitors to peer down into the ancient gathering place. th...