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We wish to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some of the information on our web pages. We share images and information with Wikipedia. We also donate to Wikipedia, & would suggest that others do the same. Caesarea Philippi, or Caesarea Paneas, was an ancient Roman city located at the southwestern base of Mount Hermon, adjacent to a spring, grotto, and related shrines dedicated to the Greek god Pan, and called "Banias, Paneas", or Baniyas (not to be confused with Baniyas in northwestern Syria). The surrounding region was known as the "Panion". The city is mentioned in the gospels of Matthew, and Mark. The city is now an uninhabited, archaeological site in the Golan Heights, called; Banias. Paneas, or Banias, does not appear in the Old Testament. It is discussed in the New Testament. In the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus is said to have approached the area near the city, but without entering the city itself. Jesus, while in this area, asked his closest disciples who they thought he was. Accounts of their answers, including the Confession of Peter, are found in the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Here Saint Peter made his confession of Jesus as the Messiah and the "Son of the living God", and Christ in turn gave a charge to Peter. However, in the same context, after praising Peter, Christ also called him "Satan" and "a stumbling block". According to the Synoptic Gospels, a woman from Paneas, who had been bleeding for 12 years, was miraculously cured by Jesus. It is said that the woman later on had erected a statue of Jesus Christ at Casarea Philippi, otherwise called Panease Paneades to celebrate her healing. Upon attaining the position of Emperor of the Roman Empire in 361, Julian the Apostate instigated a religious reformation of the Roman state. As part of his program to restore the lost grandeur and strength of the Roman Empire; he supported the restoration of Hellenic paganism as the state religion. "Having heard that at Casarea Philippi, otherwise called Panease Paneades, a city of Phoenicia, there was a celebrated statue of Christ, which had been erected by a woman whom the Lord had cured of a flow of blood. Julian commanded it to be taken down, and a statue of himself erected in its place; but a violent fire from the heaven fell upon it, and broke off the parts contiguous to the breast; the head and neck were thrown prostrate, and it was transfixed to the ground with the face downwards at the point where the fracture of the bust was; and it has stood in that fashion from that day until now, full of the rust of the lightning.� Now, it could have been destroyed by lightning but also during the third hour of the night and again during the ninth hour of 19 May 363 AD; an earthquake occured which could have also knocked it over. A few weeks later Julian was dead!
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There are two choices for your arrival if you wish to go to Caesarea Philippi. Tel Aviv or Haifa. The easy way to get to Tel Aviv, is to fly into the Ben Gurion International Airport. The airport is close to Tel Aviv, which is about 12 miles away. The Ben Gurion International Airport, (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), also referred to by its Hebrew acronym Natbag, is the largest and busiest international airport in Israel. It was named the best airport in the Middle East by the ACI organisation.[ The airport is located near the city of Lod, 15 km (9 mi) southeast of Tel Aviv. It is operated by the Israel Airports Authority, a government-owned corporation that manages all public airports and border crossings in the State of Israel. The Ben Gurion International Airport is considered one of the world's most secure airports, with a security force that includes both police officers and IDF soldiers. The easy way to get to Haifa, is to fly into the Haifa International Airport Haifa. Haifa International Airport Haifa, also known as U Michaeli Airport) (IATA: HFA, ICAO: LLHA) is the Israeli airport located in Haifa. It is located to the east of the city, close to Kishon Port and Israel Shipyards and mainly serves civilian flights, with some military usage. Most passenger flights passing through the airport are domestic operations to Eilat and Tel Aviv and international flights to Jordan, Cyprus and Turkey. There are several hotels in or near Tel Aviv or Haifa. There are several Guided Tour Agencies offering standard city, and historical tours of Tel Aviv or Haifa, and the surrounding areas. After arranging your flight we would suggest getting your hotel and then letting them arrange tours of the area for you. If you call the hotels Concierge Services ahead of your arrival, all of this can be pre-arranged for you. I do this all the time. It is safe and it works!!! I have never experienced a problem doing it this way! I have links to Priceline.Com on our page so that you can arrange your flight and hotel in the Tel Aviv or Haifa, Israel area.
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