“Al-Maghtas” is Arabic for “immersion,” commonly translated in the ecclesial context to “baptism.” The project has been underway for a long time; Pope Benedict XVI laid the cornerstone ...

The celebration of baptism is a way of showing that this ... In the Baptist Church only believers are baptised by full immersion. This will usually take place as part of an evening service when ...

preached a message from God The baptism carried out by John was full immersion in the River Jordan. Baptism was not a new idea. There is evidence that a monastic group called the Essenes used ...

The discovery of the site of Al-Maghtas (The Baptism or immersion), near the Wadi al-Kharrar is the result of research carried out by the great archaeologist, Michele Piccirillo, a Franciscan ...