On June 24, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist. In order to get to know the one who announced the coming of Jesus, we will walk through the places that were important in his life.
We begin this pilgrimage from Jerusalem … One day while Zechariah prayed in the Temple, the Archangel Gabriel appeared to him announcing that he and his wife Elisabeth, who were already advanced in years, would have a son whose name would be John!
Six months after this great announcement, Elizabeth and Zechariah received an important visit here, at Ain Karem, where they lived… that of the Virgin Mary, who, after receiving the Annunciation of the Angel about her being the mother of Jesus, hurried to this mountain region.