Ein Karem is a green village of springs in the Jerusalem hills, where every stone hides an episode. At Mary's Well and the Church of the Visitation we follow the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, the birth of John the Baptist, and the joyful moment behind the Ave Maria and the Magnificat. We meet Antonio Barluzzi, the brilliant architect who 'sang the Bible in stone'; a German princess who became an Orthodox nun, was murdered in the Revolution and buried in the Holy Land; and Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi, whose post-war youth village taught Holocaust survivors to heal through soil and study. Part gospel, part history, part thriller: told on the very ground where it happened. As I like to say: in Ein Karem, spirituality requires prayer, gardening, and very comfortable shoes.
2-3 hours, tailored to you. English or Hebrew. Private or small group.
