Read the Old Testament, the first major division of the Christian Bible and a foundational text in Judaism, comprising books like Genesis, Exodus, and Psalms.
Read the New Testament, the second part of the Christian Bible covering the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the early church.
The Jordan riverbank where John baptised Jesus, with Byzantine churches and pilgrims wading in white robes.
The sixth-century mosaic map of the Holy Land on the floor of St George’s Church — the oldest surviving map of the region.
Twelfth-century monastery city carved storey upon storey into a cliff face.
Sydney's oldest church, designed by a convict architect transported for forgery.
A White Sea island fortress-monastery that became the first camp of the Gulag.
The White City of colonial churches and the most solemn Holy Week processions in the Americas.
Hungary's largest church on a hill above the Danube bend, the old royal and religious capital.
The Black Sea port of the Byzantine Comnenes, the Hagia Sophia of Trabzon and the Sumela monastery on a cliff.
Macau's iconic baroque church facade.
Old churches of the capital.
Fourth-century monastery where Mesrop Mashtots opened the first Armenian school.
19th-century Orthodox monastery above the sea.
Colonial city of churches and murals.
Red-stone Jesuit mission, UNESCO-listed.
Cave monastery above a river bend.
Birthplace of Jesus and the Nativity church.
The hilltop where Moses is said to have seen the Promised Land, with views to the Dead Sea and Jerusalem.
Granite stelae up to 33 metres tall marking the tombs of the Aksumite kings, near the chapel said to hold the Ark of the Covenant.
Golden-domed monastery complex above catacombs of mummified monks.
A chapel decorated with the bones of 40,000 people — chandelier included — beside the Gothic St Barbara’s Cathedral.
Freshwater lake ringed by biblical sites and lakeside hot springs.
Baroque Benedictine abbey on a rock above the Danube, with a gilded library of 100,000 books and frescoed marble hall.
Medieval cathedral, round tower and Cormac’s Chapel crowning a limestone outcrop where St Patrick baptised a king.
The largest surviving Romanesque church in Europe, built for pilgrims on the road to Santiago and topped by a five-tier octagonal bell tower.
Paris’s 850-year-old Gothic cathedral, reopened after the 2019 fire with its spire and oak roof rebuilt by hand.
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