According to legend, a religious community was established even before the time of Christ on Mount Carmel. This is the mountain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on which the prophet Elijah ...

Mount Carmel is about twenty miles from Nazareth and overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. It was considered a symbol of blessing and beauty for its rich vegetation (Isaiah 35.2), and a place of sacred ...

A group of hermit monks gathered on Mount Carmel, near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel, forming a community dedicated to living a life of penitential solitude. These early Carmelites ...