{"id":224698,"date":"2023-01-22T10:35:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjames.org\/?p=224698"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:40:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:40:11","slug":"pilgrimage-blog-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stjames.org\/pilgrimage-blog-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrimage Blog: Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”50px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#f4f4f4″ scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]From Hans Quitmeyer<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”10″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

Today was another remarkable day under another crystalline sky for us intrepid pilgrims.\u00a0 We attended a memorable English\/Arabic service at Christ Church in Nazareth and then travelled to Sepphoris, a large Roman\/Byzantine period town with dramatic ruins and fine mosaics.<\/p>\n

But, for me, the most impactful event was the \u201csurprise\u201d that we had been promised after breakfast.\u00a0 We were led to a large space under the Sisters of Nazareth Convent and Guesthouse where we are staying.\u00a0 The building was constructed in the 1850\u2019s, originally used as a school, and then converted for use as a pilgrim guesthouse.<\/div>\n
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Anyway, in the course of doing repair work under the building, a void was discovered which, upon entering and being explored, led to a large space containing rooms and cisterns used long ago.\u00a0 Perhaps most significantly, at the lowest level archeologists found the site of a tomb from the first century\u2014Jesus\u2019s time.\u00a0 Here is a picture of the tomb, showing an antechamber in the foreground where bodies would be prepared for burial in the two holes in the back.\u00a0 To the right is a small chapel, evidence that the tomb was once recognized as an important and sacred space.\u00a0 Since Nazareth was a village of only a few hundred people at the time of Jesus, perhaps Joseph was buried here.\u00a0 Early Christians may have highlighted the importance of the site by creating the adjacent chapel.\u00a0 We don\u2019t know for sure, of course, but that is certainly possible.<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” 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column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Amazingly, in front of the tomb is a large round stone which would be rolled in front of the opening to block the entrance.\u00a0 Our guide said that this is perhaps the most intact tombstone yet found from this time.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”50px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#f4f4f4″ scene_position=”center” bottom_padding=”10″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.5″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” top_margin=”10″ column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ 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I won\u2019t imagine Easter morning in quite the same way again![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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