6th century church unearthed in the Galilee near significant Christian site

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The remains of a large 1,300-year-old church was uncovered recently near Mount Tabor in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) revealed Tuesday.
IAA archaeologists and Prof. Moti Aviam of the Kinneret Academic College said they assess that the compound was likely a monastery, raised just outside the ancient town of modern day Kfar Kama in the Galilee.
Archaeologist Nurit Feig of IAA described the church’s ornate mosaic floors, as “their colorful decoration stands out, incorporating geometric patterns, and blue, black, and red floral patterns.”
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She also noted a “special discovery” of a small reliquary -- a stone box used to preserve sacred relics.
Dr Shani Libbi said that there are additional rooms at the site yet to be excavated which is why “it is quite possible that this large complex was a monastery.”
The new discovery hints at the apparent importance of the Christian village settled in the Byzantine period close to Mount Tabor, a site of primary religious significance for Christianity, identified as the site of the Transfiguration.
In 1876, when the Circassian Shapsug tribe first settled in Kfar Kama, they used the stones of the ancient village to build their houses.

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Mount Tabor is noted in the books of Mark, Matthew and Luke as the site where Jesus took his disciples Peter, James, and John when they witnessed the face and clothing of their teacher glow with dazzlingly bright light. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Feast of the Transfiguration “celebrates the revelation of the eternal glory of the Second Person of the Trinity, which was normally veiled during Christ’s life on earth.”I

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