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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

baptisms

Father Francesco Patton, the Custos of the Holy Land, leads mass on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, at St John the Baptist Chapel on the banks of the Jordan River, January 10, 2021. (COGAT Spokeperson's Office)
January 10, 2021, 10:21 pm
With landmines cleared, church on Jordan River holds 1st mass in 54 years
Baptism of the Lord on January 10 celebrated with 50 priests, guests, and soldiers, at the Franciscan St. John the Baptist Chapel
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A pilgrim and her son are baptised at the Qaser al-Yahud Baptism Site in the Judean Desert on the border with the Jordan River on the Eastern Orthodox holiday of Epiphany on January 18, 2019. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
January 18, 2019, 7:41 pm
Epiphany in the Jordan River
Thousands flock to the Judean Desert to commemorate the Eastern Orthodox feast day with a sunny, temperate winter baptism
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints sing in the Conference Center at the morning session of the two-day Mormon church conference Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Salt Lake City (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
April 2, 2017, 3:17 am
Despite Jewish backlash, Mormon leaders encourage baptisms for the dead
The church has come under fire for posthumously converting Holocaust victims, including Simon Wiesenthal’s parents
By BRADY McCOMBS
Greek Orthodox Christian pilgrims walk by a sign warning of mines as they take part in a traditional Epiphany baptism ceremony, at Qasr el Yahud on January 18, 2011. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 16, 2016, 12:20 pm
Jesus’s baptismal site, long sealed off, to be cleared of landmines
Churches at Qasr al-Yahud have languished behind barbed wire for five decades; now a UK anti-mine group plans to rid area of 4,000 explosives, giving pilgrims access
By ToI Staff
US reality TV star Kim Kardashian carries her daughter, North West, upon arrival at the Armenian St. James Cathedral in Jerusalem's Old City on April 13, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
December 20, 2015, 8:31 pm
Kim and Kanye returning to Israel to baptize new baby
Reality star and rapper planning to hold ceremony for newborn son, Saint, in Jerusalem in the spring
By Keren Preiskel
Women get baptized in the Jordan River during the Orthodox Easter celebrations on April 11, 2015. (Maxim Dinshtein/Flash90)
July 13, 2015, 9:40 pm
No evidence, but UN says Jesus baptized on Jordan’s side of river, not Israel’s
Citing church tradition, cultural agency says eastern site ‘believed to be’ original baptism location, drawing cheers in Amman; Israel stays mum
By AP
Orthodox Christian pilgrims take a dip in the Jordan River as part of a traditional baptism ceremony at the site of Qasr el Yahud, the place where Jesus is believed to have been baptized, near the West Bank town of Jericho on April 11, 2015. (Maxim Dinshtein/Flash90)
June 18, 2015, 4:08 pm
Baptism by mire? In lower Jordan River, sewage mucks up Christian rite
River quality where Jesus was purportedly baptized raises concerns, though Health Ministry says water is clean
By Melanie Lidman
US rapper Kanye West, husband of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian, carries their daughter, North, following a reported baptism ceremony at the Armenian St. James Cathedral in Jerusalem's Old City on April 13, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
April 13, 2015, 10:14 pm
Kanye offers free concert, ends up canceling
Tower of David Museum eager to host rapper, as Israeli fans swarm the area anyway
By Jessica Steinberg
US reality TV star Kim Kardashian, her daughter North West and husband, rapper Kanye West, spent quality time in Jerusalem this week (photo credit: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
April 13, 2015, 9:06 pm
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West in Jerusalem to baptize daughter
Reality TV star, rapper arrive in Holy City for ceremony at Armenian church
By Jessica Steinberg and AFP
Queen Elizabeth II greets her great-grandson and his parents at the christening. (photo credit: Press Association/Courtesy of The British Monarchy Facebook page)
October 24, 2013, 10:06 pm
George dunked in Jordan River water
Three-month-old Prince George is baptized by the half-Jewish Archbishop of Canterbury with water from the Land of Israel
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Jim Wald
September 2, 2012, 5:32 pm
Jim Wald
The most unkindest cut of all?
A modest proposal to resolve the circumcision crisis
Simon Wiesenthal in 1995. (AP/Ronald Zak, File)
February 15, 2012, 11:19 am
Mormon church apologizes for baptizing Simon Wiesenthal’s parents
Posthumous ceremony performed on famed Nazi hunter’s parents
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