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The church was constructed on its present location because of the significance Jaffa has to Christianity. It was in Jaffa that Saint Peter raised Tabitha, one of Jesus' disciples, from the dead according to the Acts of the Apostles, Acts 9:36–43, Acts 10:1–4. The church is dedicated to him.
Dorcas. Dorcas ( Greek: Δορκάς, romanized : Dorkás ), or Tabitha ( Imperial Aramaic: טביתא/ܛܒܝܬܐ, romanized: Ṭaḇīṯā, lit. ' (female) gazelle'), was an early disciple of Jesus mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles [1] [2] ( Acts 9:36–43, see discussion here ). She lived in the port city of Joppa, today absorbed by Tel ...
Sabil Abu Nabbut, [1] old postcard from the British Mandate of Palestine -period. Sabil Abu Nabbut ( Arabic: سبيل أبو نبوت) also known as Tabitha's Well is a public fountain ("sabil") in Jaffa, Israel, built in 1815/16 CE [2] during the Ottoman period in Palestine. [3] [4] Its main purpose was to facilitate the journey between Jaffa ...
Simon the Tanner is mentioned three times in Chapters 9 and 10 of Acts of the Apostles of the New Testament . Firstly, Acts 9 records Paul's conversion and then recounts Peter 's missionary activities. Peter visited Jaffa and raised Tabitha from dead. This account observes that "Peter stayed some time in Joppa with a certain tanner named Simon".
While the first Russian Orthodox archimandrite arrived in Palestine in 1844, [1] Russia's focus on the area began when Napoleon III took over control of France in an 1851 coup d'état and moved to seize control of properties in the Holy Land held by members of the Greek Orthodox Church (GOC). The court of the Czar had long held itself to be the ...
Jaffa Hill is a center for archaeological finds, including restored Egyptian gates, about 3,500 years old. Jaffa Lighthouse is an inactive lighthouse located in the old port. The Jaffa Museum of Antiquities is located in an 18th-century Ottoman building constructed on the remains of a Crusader fortress. In 1811, Abu Nabout turned it into his ...
The siege of Jaffa was a military engagement between the French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Ottoman forces under Ahmed al-Jazzar. On the 3 of March, 1799, the French laid siege to the city of Jaffa, which was under Ottoman control. It was fought from 3 to 7 March 1799. On the 7 March, French forces managed to capture the city.
Jaffa Gate ( Hebrew: שער יפו, romanized : Sha'ar Yafo; Arabic: باب الخليل, romanized : Bāb al-Khalīl, "Hebron Gate") is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem . The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the ...