Faith by faith and money in cash - part 4

Israel - from the sublime to the Earth's (continued, part 4) The next day we stopped at several Catholic monasteries. Attended the church wedding, where a fragment of rock, which cracked when it shed a drop of blood of Jesus Christ. Then, a Catholic Franciscan monastery and church of the Virgin Mary (it is said that this church was a coffin containing the remains of Mary). Church weddings in Hristiyanskoy Gallilee On the fourth day we were taken to Caesarea - Nature Park, where archaeological digs were layers of different thousands of years! There we saw the remains of the palace of King Herod, an amphitheater, areas of the city streets of the Roman and Byzantine periods. In addition, it was interesting to look at public bath houses period, the artificial port of the Hellenic era and fortified port city to the Arab period. Then they drove us to the sacred river Jordan, which could bathe with prayers. But we chose not to tempt fate, because The river was very dirty, and floated around a lot of otters. The church where Jesus Christ's mother was buried the next day we went to the Bahai Gardens. Where I first learned that the Baha'i - a religion whose central tenet - beauty will save the world. These gardens are built on the charitable money is Baha'i, the contributions of people of other faiths can not accept. The gardens are a cascade of a large number of trees, flowers, fountains, alpine gardens and sculptures - all insanely beautiful and well maintained. Everywhere simply dazzling purity. And it is worth considering for a moment that all this is, in fact, in the desert! Lush greenery, trees, flowers and gardens are in a place where relatively recently was just a featureless desert, it should not and could not grow here! All this grandeur achieved through daily heavy and laborious work. For every bush, flower held thin tubes with pierced holes, which receives water round the clock. Without these Herculean efforts in the heat of 40 degrees (and sometimes 50) There would be nothing grew! Remains of a Roman aqueduct in Caesarea National Park, striking contrasts are the Arab populations, which are literally a stone's throw from the Israeli border. The climate there is the same, but people live poorly, the children mostly do not go to school, and about some beauty and vegetation can not be considered. Such contrasts are simply forced us to penetrate deep respect for the people of Israel, for his dedication and hard work. These people are well aware that a piece of land reclaimed from the Arabs - it is their land, and another they will not. If you do not worry about it every day, then this, instead of them no one else will. Jewish parents in love with their children, and every day they turn this desert into a truly civilized society and a developed country, which could live happily with their children and grandchildren. Bahai Gardens Home of the material: Read more: See also: coin with a face of Jesus is released ... BC