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Church of St. John, Samaria (Inside) ‎Here is another view of the Church of St. John, taken from the interior of an open court inside. We see here the domed tomb of John the Baptist, referred to in our notes on the former picture.  When we were there on the 4th day of May, 1894, Moslems were tearing it down in order to build here a mosque. You can see in the above picture some beautiful specimens of the work which entered into the construction of this church. We were, perhaps, among the very last tourists who will be permitted to look upon it, and nothing will be left of the ancient building that once stood in the city of Samaria except the columns of Herod. These also would be taken down by the natives if so much labor were not involved in that work.  Certainly it is high time that the European powers interfered with the vandalism of the modern Turks. An author says “that the Church of St. John is on the whole the most picturesque ruin in all Palestine.” The ...

Church of St. John, Samaria “Now, after two days, He departed thence and went into Galilee.” Leaving Sychar He would pass up the valley between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal, passing Shechem. About one mile beyond Shechem He would leave the valley and turn northward across the slopes of Ebal toward Galilee. After journeying from Shechem about seven miles, He would come again to the City of Samaria. We have here a picture of the Church of St. John in Samaria, appropriate here, not simply because it is directly on the road from Shechem to Galilee, but because our Savior had just left the Jordan, where His disciples baptized and had the controversy with the disciples of John. This church overhangs the steep declivity below the village of Samaria, called also in ancient times Sebaste, and now known as Sebustiyeh. The windows of the church are high and narrow, with pointed arches and ornaments peculiar to the early Normans, the blocks carved with grotesque heads and figures. ...