Mount of the Beatitudes

 
On the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, rising above the ruins of Tabgha and Capernaum, is the Mount of the Beatitudes, on which according to tradition Christ preached the Sermon on the Mount. To reach the Mount of the Beatitudes from the Sea of Galilee, leave Tiberias on the road to Rosh Pinna. Soon after the road to Capernaum goes off on the right the commandingly situated domed church on the Mount of the Beautitudes can be seen to the right of the road. It is approached on a side road.

History

From a very early period this hill has been identified as the one on which Christ preached his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). The event was originally commemorated by a church lower down near Tabgha, just north of the road to Capernaum. The new church, situated in a shady garden beside the Ospizio Monte de Beatitudine, was built in 1937.

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