一位身處伯利恆「聖誕教堂」的年輕朝聖者,據指這是世上最古老而仍在使用中的教堂之一。
Bethlehem, a young pilgrim at the Church of the Nativity

在以色列的人口中,大約只有 2% 的基督徒,而有 75% 是猶太教徒,其餘為穆斯林與其他宗教 / 不信宗教者,攝影師 Hanan Isachar 指,社會上很多對以色列宗教的報導,都關於宗教緊張局勢或衝突,但他平日在當地接觸的各個宗教,並不是那麼暴力。他希望通過照片,紀錄不同信仰和平地進行儀式的日常畫面。

照片集中拍攝不同教堂的節日儀式,也能從照片中看到歐洲國家對其建築的影響。下圖是希臘東正教的一副玻璃棺木,放著一具僧侶的屍體。

Judean Desert, Greek Orthodox St. George of Koziba Monastery on the slope of Wadi Qelt

下圖是位於耶路撒冷舊城區的聖亞納教堂,據指這是建在聖母馬利亞的父母所住的舊址。

Israel, Jerusalem Old City, the Catholic feast of the Immaculate Conception at the Church of St. Anne, the Church is a 12th-century Crusader church, built over the ruins of a Byzantine Church at the traditional site of the birthplace of Anne, the mother of Mary

位於迦密山的一座圓頂修道院。

Haifa, the painted ceiling of the Church at the Carmelite Stella Maris Monastery on Mount Carmel, the Church was built over the remains of churches from the Byzantine and Crusader periods

位於拿撒勒的希臘天主教堂,正舉行棕枝主日的儀式。

Abouna Emile Shoufani at the Greek Catholic Church on Palm Sunday

下圖為猶大沙漠地,可看到希臘東正教的修道院 St. George of Choziba。

Judean Desert, Greek Orthodox St. George Monastery on the slope of Wadi Qelt

下圖為希臘東正教修道院,興建在耶穌禁食 40 天的地點。

The Greek Orthodox Monastery on the Mount of Temptation, the 19th century monastery is called Quarantal, a mispronunciation of the Latin word for forty

下圖為耶路撒冷東正教聖詹姆斯大教堂,正進行顯聖容節儀式。

Israel, Jerusalem, Transfiguration Day at the Armenian Orthodox St. James Cathedral

下圖攝於耶路撒冷的聖馬可教堂,正值復活節,敘利亞東正教大主教 Mar Malki Murad (中)正在主持濯足節儀式。

Easter, Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Mar Malki Murad presides over the Maundy Thursday ceremony at the Syrian Orthodox St. Mark's Church in Jerusalem

下圖為本篤會教堂的授戒典禮。

Israel, Jerusalem Mountains. Ordination ceremony of Brother Olivier at the Crusader Church in Abu Gosh

攝影師網站:http://isachar-photography.photoshelter.com/

via slate