Saturday, May 10, 2014


Debbie floats on the Dead Sea in Israel on May 10, 2014. (Peter Parsons)


Friday, May 9, 2014


Tourists stand outside the Church of the the Holy Sepluchre in Jerusalem on May 9, 2014. (PETER PARSONS}



Tourists visit the Church of all Nations in Jerusalem on May 9, 2014. (PETER PARSONS}


Wednesday, May 7, 2014


Orthodox teachers speak to a group of students at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on May 7, 2014. (Peter Parsons)



Arab women push a stroller in from of the Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount in Jerusalem on May 7, 2014. (Peter Parsons)



Two girls run through a street in the Jewish quarter of the old city in Jerusalem on May 7, 2014. (PETER PARSONS)



A girl lights a candle at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on May 7. 2014. (PETER PARSONS)


Tuesday, May 6, 2014


Visitors walk past the site of the cave near the site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran in Israel on May 6, 2014. (Peter Parsons)



Peter is seen at an excavation in Qumran near the cave of the Dead Sea Scolls on May 6, 2014. (Debbie Parsons)



Debbie stands beside a camel at the Mount of Olives on May 6, 2017. (PETER PARSONS)



A man sells panoramic posters of an ancient ruin at Jerico in Israel on May6, 2014. (PETER PARSONS)



Peter sits on Roman era stone work at Ben Shean in Israel. (Debbie Parsons photo)



Debbie sits in a Roman style latrine at Ben Shean in Israel on May 6, 2014. (PETER PARSONS photo)


Monday, May 5, 2014


An Arab man sits on a wall near in Nazareth on May 5, 2014. (PETER PARSONS)



A worker touches up a gate prior to a papal visit at Mount Tabor in Israel on May 5, 2014. (PETER PARSONS)



A nun scolds visitors to the a church at Cana in Galliee on May 5, 2014. (PETER PARSONS}



Two girls sit outside the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth on May 5, 2014. (Peter Parsons photo)


Sunday, May 4, 2014


Visitors walk past a stone effigy of the loaves and fishes at the Church of the Primacy near Capernum on May 4, 2014. (PETER PARSONS)



Peter stands in the ruins of a fourth century synagogue at Capernum in Galilee on May 4, 2014. (Debbie Parsons photo)


Saturday, May 3, 2014


A nun dusts at the Church of the Multiplication near Capernum in Israel on May 3, 201. (PETER PARSONS)



A fisherman stands beside a enlarged replica of a 1st century fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee on May 3, 2014. (Peter Parsons)


Friday, May 2, 2014


Debbie stands against a rail overlooking the city of Tiberius and the Sea of Galilee on May 2, 2014. (Peter Parsons)



Visitors admire the view from atop a monastery at Mount Carmel in Israel on May 2, 2014. (PETER PARSONS)