Yehuda Katz
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This beautiful complex is located on the Mount of Beatitudes, just off the Lake of Galilee. The region is famous for its several milestones in the Jesus and the Apostles life.
The site was erected just before Pope Paul VI visited the Holy land in the year of 2000. The complex serves for seminarians to complete their formation before ordained. The building erection started just one year before the historic visit, and was designed by an Italian architect, who did an amazing job. Here's the main entrance to the building.
The whole project began in a dream of Pope Paul VI in the eighties of the last century. In his vision he saw a huge building located on the mountains surrounding the Lake of Tiberias, where Jesus spent his life, and from where the Apostles started their missions.
This is the waiting room that welcomes the visitors.
Many parts of the building are tiled with marble, imported from Italy. This is an inner court, surrounded by pillars.
This is one of several big halls, used for praying and lectures.
By a well-established church tradition, the centre is built in an impressive and aesthetic form. Christianity believes that radiating beauty enables humans to re-shape their character.
Here we can see the beauty of some stained glass in the windows.
This wall symbolizes, as we were told, death. Inside a recess in the wall the are some holy scripts devoted to this theological interesting idea. Usually this niche is covered by a door and a black curtain.
[You can see me in the polished brass...]
Another impressive hall, also serving for worship duties as well as lectures. On the wall hangs a huge carpet, depicting many ideas from Christian history and theology.
A tiny dark crypt, for seeking solitude, and praying individually.
This is the congresses hall, containing 300 seats. The day we visited the Domus was very dark, with sandy clouds obscuring the view. On normal days, the Lake of Tiberias can be viewed from here with all its glory, giving inspiration to worshipers and visitors
A wing of the rich theological library. It contains books in several languages, giving a special emphasis on Judaism – the mother of all monotheistic faiths.
In the centre of the library there's a big see-through bluish sphere, symbolizing the world, with scrolled Jewish Torah resting on a table. Again, the view is directly upon the lake, when weather permits, and that's almost all days of the year.
The inside of the complex is decorated with many pieces of art: paintings, sculptures, carpets, engravings etc. Here's an iron sculpture positioned in a window, describing the Burning Bush.
[You can see the weather otside...]
The hospitality in the Dome is unbelievably cordial. The site is open six days a week, for many hours, and entrance is free. So next time you come to Israel don't miss it.
All photos are available light, most taken with the full 24mm of my R1.
Yehuda
The site was erected just before Pope Paul VI visited the Holy land in the year of 2000. The complex serves for seminarians to complete their formation before ordained. The building erection started just one year before the historic visit, and was designed by an Italian architect, who did an amazing job. Here's the main entrance to the building.
The whole project began in a dream of Pope Paul VI in the eighties of the last century. In his vision he saw a huge building located on the mountains surrounding the Lake of Tiberias, where Jesus spent his life, and from where the Apostles started their missions.
This is the waiting room that welcomes the visitors.
Many parts of the building are tiled with marble, imported from Italy. This is an inner court, surrounded by pillars.
This is one of several big halls, used for praying and lectures.
By a well-established church tradition, the centre is built in an impressive and aesthetic form. Christianity believes that radiating beauty enables humans to re-shape their character.
Here we can see the beauty of some stained glass in the windows.
This wall symbolizes, as we were told, death. Inside a recess in the wall the are some holy scripts devoted to this theological interesting idea. Usually this niche is covered by a door and a black curtain.
[You can see me in the polished brass...]
Another impressive hall, also serving for worship duties as well as lectures. On the wall hangs a huge carpet, depicting many ideas from Christian history and theology.
A tiny dark crypt, for seeking solitude, and praying individually.
This is the congresses hall, containing 300 seats. The day we visited the Domus was very dark, with sandy clouds obscuring the view. On normal days, the Lake of Tiberias can be viewed from here with all its glory, giving inspiration to worshipers and visitors
A wing of the rich theological library. It contains books in several languages, giving a special emphasis on Judaism – the mother of all monotheistic faiths.
In the centre of the library there's a big see-through bluish sphere, symbolizing the world, with scrolled Jewish Torah resting on a table. Again, the view is directly upon the lake, when weather permits, and that's almost all days of the year.
The inside of the complex is decorated with many pieces of art: paintings, sculptures, carpets, engravings etc. Here's an iron sculpture positioned in a window, describing the Burning Bush.
[You can see the weather otside...]
The hospitality in the Dome is unbelievably cordial. The site is open six days a week, for many hours, and entrance is free. So next time you come to Israel don't miss it.
All photos are available light, most taken with the full 24mm of my R1.
Yehuda
