Russian Pilgrimage Center to open in Jordan this Autumn
Jerusalem, July 8, Interfax – The Pilgrimage Center in Jordan is expected to be solemnly open this September.
Today finishing works are at the final stage and necessary equipment is purchased, the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission in Jerusalem reports at its website.
The land lot where the Pilgrimage Center is located was transferred to Russia in unlimited use in 2006 on initiative of Jordan King Abdullah II. The complex consists of a hotel for pilgrims, a church, a canteen and a house for honorary guests.
The land transferred to Russia is located on the Eastern bank of Jordan River not far from the historic place of the Lord’s Baptism.
The site for building the Pilgrimage Center was consecrated in March 2008, then the first stone in its foundation was also laid.
In January 2011 on the Feast of Baptism, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a dip in sacred Jordan waters. He also visited the site of building the pilgrimage center for Russian pilgrims.
