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The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish (Latin: Ecclesia multiplicationis panum et piscium), shortened to the Church of the Multiplication, is a Roman Catholic church located at Tabgha, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. The modern church rests on the site of two earlier churches.
Church of the Multiplication Church courtyard with olive tree.. Tabgha (Arabic: الطابغة, al-Tabigha; Hebrew: עין שבע, Ein Sheva which means "spring of seven") is an area situated on the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel and a depopulated Palestinian village.
Tabgha – the place of the first miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. Sepphoris, the site of the home of Anne and Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary; The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Beit Sahour the site of the Adoration of the shepherds ("Shepherds' Field"). Bethany, site of the resurrection of Lazarus.
The Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha in 2008. ... The garbhagriha is usually also on the main horizontal axis of the temple which generally is an east–west ...
The Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha is the site where many Christians believe the feeding of the five thousand to have taken place. The feeding of the 4,000
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The church is located on a small hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee, the traditional "mount" on which Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. [1] The current church sits uphill from the ruins of a small Byzantine-era church dating to the late 4th century, [2] which contains a rock-cut cistern beneath it and the remains of a small monastery to its southeast.
Tabgha/Ein Sheva with the Church of the Multiplication and the Church of the Primacy of St. Peter; Church of the Beatitudes; Capernaum/Kfar Nahum – the Franciscan side of the archaeological site with the ancient synagogue, and the Greek Orthodox side and monastery; Arik Bridge; Bethsaida, Bethsaida Valley and nature reserve