Tag: Jerusalem

Archaelogists in Jerusalem have discovered a small stone mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible knwon as Beka

Archaeologists have unearthed a Second Temple period stone inscription that spells the name Jerusalem as Yerushalayim (as it’s spelled in Hebrew today), rather than Yerushalem or Shalem.

Head Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) Media Unit, Celestine Ogugua, has reiterated the importance of prayer in the commission’s pilgrimage programme.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on the Federal Government and other countries to relocate their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Hundreds of pilgrims filed into Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre — believed to be the site of Jesus’s resurrection — for Easter celebrations on Sunday.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City, seen by many as the holiest site in Christianity, reopened on Wednesday after a three-day closure to protest against Israeli tax measures and a proposed law.

The doors of Jerusalem's most sacred church, the Holy Sepulchre, have been closed until further notice due to a row over a new land law and tax.

The hand of the Prophet Isaiah himself may have created an 8th century BCE seal impression discovered in First Temple remains near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Israeli archaeologists unveiled on Monday a 2,700-year-old clay seal impression which they said belonged to a biblical governor of Jerusalem.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that "it is time to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."