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The Mount of Beatitudes is the rounded green hillside on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee honored as the place where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount.
A graceful domed church, designed by the architect Antonio Barluzzi, crowns the hill, surrounded by gardens and shaded walkways looking out over the lake. The slope forms a natural amphitheatre, and it is easy to imagine a crowd gathered on the grass to listen.
It is one of the most peaceful and beautiful spots in all of Galilee, and a favorite place for pilgrim groups to pause and read the words of Jesus together.
Here Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount, beginning with the Beatitudes, his teaching on who is truly blessed in the kingdom of God.
These are among the best loved words in all of Scripture. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:3)
Why does the Mount of Beatitudes matter to pilgrims?
It is where the heart of the teaching of Jesus was given, on a hillside you can still sit on today. Reading the Beatitudes on the very slope where they were first spoken, with the lake shining below, moves many pilgrims deeply and quietly.
On the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, a short drive from Capernaum and Tabgha.
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