Jesus' baptism site overlooking the Jordan River, 6 miles north of the Dead Sea. The Jordanian site includes the spot where UNESCO says Jesus was believed to have been baptized, now inland after ...

AL-MAGHTAS, Jordan — For years, Christian pilgrims have waded into the Jordan River from both its eastern and western banks to connect with a core event of their faith — the baptism of Jesus ...

AL-MAGHTAS, Jordan — For years, Christian pilgrims have waded into the Jordan River from both its eastern and western banks to connect with a core event of their faith — the baptism of Jesus.

People bathe in the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022. The river’s ... Christian pilgrims stand in the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ...

Orthodox Christian pilgrims take a dip in the Jordan River as part of a traditional baptism ceremony at the site of Qasr el Yahud, the place where Jesus is believed to have been baptized, near the ...

AL-MAGHTAS, Jordan -- For years, Christian pilgrims have waded into the Jordan River from both its eastern and western banks to connect with a core event of their faith -- the baptism of Jesus.

Jordan River, Jesus’ baptism site, is today barely a trickle. Aug 17, ... 2022, 2:07 pm. A cow crosses the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022.

Demi Lovato shared a few photos from her trip to Israel on social media Tuesday, calling the experience “so important for my well-being, my heart, and my soul.” The 27-year-old singer — who ...

Demi Lovato baptized in Jordan River during trip to Israel Demi Lovato attends a Fabletics event in Woodland Hills, Calif., on May 18, 2018. Credit: Getty Images for Fabletics / Ari Perilstein ...

Israel's roughly 750,000 visitors a year to its baptism site and surrounding monasteries dwarf the roughly 250,000 who visit Jordan's baptism site annually. Bringing tourists to both riversides ...

Jordan River, Jesus’ baptism ... an effort that EcoPeace had viewed as less politically controversial — stalled after a 2017 diplomatic crisis between Israel and Jordan and amid years of ...