Tabgha and the Church of the Multiplication.

Egeria, was a woman who left us one of the earliest accounts of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in around 380 BC. In the excerpt below she wrote about an area now know at Tabgha

“Not far away from Capernaum are some stone steps where the Lord stood. And in the same place by the sea is a grassy field with plenty of hay and many palm trees. By them are seven springs, each flowing strongly. And this is the field where the Lord fed the people with the five loaves and two fishes. In fact the stone on which the Lord placed the bread has now been made into an altar. Past the walls of this church goes the public highway on which the Apostle Matthew had his place of custom. Near there on a mountain is a cave to which the Savior climbed and spoke the Beatitudes."

In about 480 a beautiful stone mosaic floor was added that commemorates Jesus feeding of the 5000.

Our pilgrims will be visiting this area on our very first day in the Holy Land.