Kursi (Medieval Greek: Κυρσοί, Arabic: الكرسي, romanized: al-Kursī, Hebrew: כורסי) is an archaeological site in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights of Syria. The site contains the remains of a Byzantine monastery and is traditionally identified as the location of Jesus ' "Miracle of the Swine". [1] Part of the archaeological site is now an Israeli national park. Kursi takes ...
Kursi’s extensive monastery, built in the 5th century, covered 1.8 hectares. Around it stood a defensive stone wall with a watchtower. At its heart was a large church, with a spacious courtyard in front of it. The church was divided by two rows of stone columns into a nave and two side aisles. Under a chapel in the right-hand aisle, skeletons of 30 monks were found buried in a crypt.
Explore Kursi National Park's sacred Byzantine ruins and Christian traditions on the tranquil Sea of Galilee shore.
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The Byzantine monastery of Kursi is situated east of the Sea of Galilee at the mouth of a wadi (riverbed) descending from the Golan Heights and creating a small, fertile valley along the shoreline. The remains of the ancient monastery came to light accidentally, during construction of a new road, and they were excavated in the years 1971-1974. The site is now open to the public as a national ...