On the first day of our 2019 Holy Land Pilgrimage, we made a short drive to Capernaum where Jesus began His ... dates to the time of Christ and saw the site of the Apostle Peter’s home.

Birthplace of St. Peter FOUND: A 1,500-year-old Mosaic found with a prayer to ‘the chief and commander of the heavenly apostles’ suggests a town in northern Israel is the lost biblical city of ...

A 1,500-year-old mosaic believed to be above Peter and Andrew's home, in Galilee, Israel, in October 2021. Archaeologists had uncovered for the first time mosaic floors from a lost, legendary ...

As this chapter tells about the miraculous healing of a paralytic, verses 1-2 (ESV) state: “And when he [i.e., Jesus] returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.

The stunning mosaic flooring was designed with tiny yellow, red and orange tiles and includes inscriptions written in ancient Greek. The Church of the Apostles was destroyed in 725 AD.

AFP — Excavations in Israel’s Galilee have uncovered remains of an ancient church said to mark the home of the apostles Peter and Andrew, the dig’s archaeological director said Friday.

Since Byzantine Christian tradition routinely identified Peter’s home in Bethsaida, and not in Capernaum as is often thought today, it seems likely that the basilica commemorates his house ...

He then visits Capernaum and the sacred site of Peter’s home where Jesus possibly set up base, and also tries his hands at fishing by the remains of the first century ‘Jesus Boat’.