By Elhanan Miller. Excerpts of an article in Times of Israel
Opus Dei, a Catholic institution, will provide
spiritual guidance to Christian pilgrims in a new visitors’ complex
being constructed outside Jerusalem.
Saxum,
a project comprising a conference center and multimedia resource
center, is located between Kibbutz Maaleh HaHamisha and the Arab village
of Abu Ghosh, 15 kilometers (10 miles) west of Jerusalem. Construction
on the site began in 2013, and is scheduled for completion in 2015.
According to the Saxum website, the conference
center will include 50 guestrooms, two chapels, and classrooms. The
multimedia center will serve to train tour guides and use state-of-the
art technology to introduce visitors to Jerusalem’s Christian sites.
One of Saxum’s goals is to promote Christian
pilgrimage to Israel. The Saxum Foundation, an Italian nonprofit,
estimates that some 30,000 visitors will pass through the center every
year.
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