Capernaum: Church of the Twelve Apostles

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Capernaum: Church of the Twelve Apostles

‎White walls painted gold by the setting sun, and red domes distinguish the Greek Orthodox Church of the Twelve Apostles. It was built in 1931 at the north of the Sea of Galilee, near Capernaum, on the site of a Byzantine church dedicated to the Apostle St. John the Theologian.


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