We drove to Ein Karem which is the traditional site of John the Baptist's home.
We hiked 10 minutes to Church of the Visitation. It marks the site of Zecharias' and Elizabeth's home, parents of John the Baptist, where Mary told Elizabeth about the future birth of the Savior.
Iin the valley below Ein Karem
Church of St. John the Baptist. According to tradition, John the Baptist was born in a cave under this church. This Franciscan church was built in 1674 on top of Byzantine and Crusader churches.
Gold domed Russian church on the hillside of Ein Karem, below Hadassah Hospital.
It's early March, but flowers are blooming in yellow...
...and purple.
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