Holy Land
- The Basilica of the Annunciation, in Nazareth.
- The Church of the Dormition of Our Lady on Mount Zion, in Jerusalem.
- The Church of the Tomb of the Virgin Mary in the garden of Gethsemane, in Jerusalem
- The Milk Grotto Church of Virgin Mary in Bethlehem
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Famous quotes containing the words holy land, holy and/or land:
“The blood of Abraham, God’s father of the chosen, still flows in the veins of Arab, Jew, and Christian, and too much of it has been spilled in grasping for the inheritance of the revered patriarch in the Middle East. The spilled blood in the Holy Land still cries out to God—an anguished cry for peace.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“Far out of sight forever stands the sea,
Bounding the land with pale tranquillity.”
—Yvor Winters (1900–1968)