A Pilgrim's Guide to the Holy Land for Orthodox Christians

By Holy Nativity Convent

This inspiring book guides a pilgrim in the footsteps of our Saviour through today's treasured Holy Land. Biblical texts appropriate to each site, photographs, maps and historical narratives provide... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0913026468
• ISBN13: 9780913026465
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: St Nectarios Pr
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Guide

I was given this book by a priest at Saint Nektarios in Seattle after having lived in the Holy Land for six months. I would have much prefered to have had this book prior to my stay. The book provides the way around the Holy Land touching on sites that will be of interest and spiritual benefit to the Orthodox Christian. Crisp black and white photos accompany each chapter on a site as well as a rather lengthy exposition (lengthy for a guide book) on the history of the site as well as interesting facts. For example, did you know that the entrance to the door of the Church of the Nativity in Bethelehm has a shorted door in order to prevent foreign armies from keeping their animals in large buildings and to protect in case of a seige? I had asked many guides I came across the reason for the door being short, and none of them could give me a satisfactory answer. I highly recommend the book.