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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

This shrine in the Church of Bet Emmanuel (House of Jesus) features three images from different schools of art. What they have in common is they depict Jesus. The largest image is the painting in the
This shrine in the Church of Bet Emmanuel (House of Jesus) features three images from different schools of art. What they have in common is they depict Jesus. The largest image is the painting in… © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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