5000. MAR ELIAS, GREEK-ORTHODOX MONASTERY ON THE ROAD BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND BETHLECHEM BUILT ON THE SITE WHERE ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION THE PROPHET ELIAH RESTED ON HIS WAY TO THE DESERT. PIC: STONE BENCH BUILT BY THE WIFE OF THE BRITISH PAINTER HOLMAN HUNT MARKING THE PLACE WHERE HE USED TO MEDITATE
Photograph by Zev Radovan