Jordan’s first Christian university has been inaugurated at the site traditionally venerated as the location of Christ’s baptism at the hands of St John the Baptist.
At Al-Maghtas on the eastern bank of the Jordan, King Abdullah II and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, formally opened the Baptism Site International Orthodox University on Monday. The ceremony was also attended by other Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem, senior Jordanian officials, diplomats, clergy, scholars, and representatives of different Christian traditions and religious communities. Among those present were Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and the Anglican Archbishop Hosam Naoum.
