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Unveiling Jordan’s baptism site’s significance, the insightful interview with Rustom Mkhjian highlights interfaith harmony and future collaborations in religious tourism.
Religious and pilgrimage tourism is estimated to move more than 300 million faithful tourists, to pilgrimage travel, to visiting religious sites, to engaging in religious significance events and celebrations. The Holy Land, in the Middle East covering areas in three countries: Jordan, Israel and Palestine, is one of the most visited religious areas.
On the occasion of an official visit of a high-level Jordanian Delegation in Greece, as part of the formal exchanges of collaboration between the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece Synodical Office for Pilgrimage Tours and the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism, Travel Daily News Media Network was honored with an engaging interview with Engineer Mr. Rustom Mkhjian, General Director of the Baptism Site Commission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on Jordan’s Jesus Baptism Site. Unveiling Jordan’s Baptism Site’s significance, this insightful interview with Rustom Mkhjian, among other aspects, highlights interfaith harmony and future collaborations in religious tourism.
Engineer Rustom Mkhjian revealed fascinating details about the site’s cultural, religious, and historical importance. The conversation, taking place in Athens, offered a profound glimpse into the stewardship of one of Christianity’s most sacred sites: the Baptism Site of Jesus Christ, Bethany beyond the Jordan.
Mr. Mkhjian, explains that the Baptism Site Commission is an independent Board of Trustees appointed by H.M. King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, and H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad chairs the Commission, and articulated the Jordanian Royal Family’s dedication to preserving Christian heritage, emphasizing their role in maintaining the authenticity and spirituality of the site.
Further, he highlighted the site’s historical churches, noting the peaceful coexistence of different religious faiths in Jordan, a sentiment echoed by His Eminence, Christophoros, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Jordan and Head of the Council of Church Leaders in Jordan.
The interview describes also, the Jordanian Delegation’s and Mr. Mkhjian’s current visit to Greece, marked by significant meetings with church leaders and representatives from the Jordanian and Greek tourism sectors which is supported by the Memorandum of Understanding, which has been signed between the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece Synodical Office for Pilgrimage Tours and the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism, and is bolstering religious tourism and cultural exchanges between the two nations.
This collaboration is expected to be further enhanced at the special event at the
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